Question #7b31d
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Serves as a 'control centre' to decide the necessary responses for temperature regulation/thermoregulation.
Explanation:
In the negative feedback loop of thermoregulation, the hypothalamus is what decides the response such that temperature is regulated. It is specifically the anterior hypothalamic nucleus which is responsible for deciding responses to cool down the body, and the posterior hypothalamic nucleus which decides responses that warm the body.
When a change in ambient or body temperature is detected (by central or peripheral thermoreceptors respectively), a message is sent from these receptors to the hypothalamus, which then decides a response to regulate temperature and sends a message to effectors to carry out such a response (e.g. increase in body temperature; anterior hypothalamic nucleus sends a message to sweat glands to secrete sweat and cool the body by evaporative cooling).
