- the
ocean surface are
particularly stable in temperature.
Because many
homeothermic animals use
enzymes that are
specialized for a
narrow range of body temperatures...
- able to
maintain a
constant internal temperature and are
considered homeothermic. It is this
distinction that
often makes the term "poikilotherm" more...
- a
temperature higher than that of
their environment. In particular,
homeothermic species (including
birds and mammals)
maintain a
stable body temperature...
-
study of
mammals – a
class of
vertebrates with
characteristics such as
homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and
complex nervous systems....
- specifically, it
states that the body surface-area-to-volume
ratio for
homeothermic animals varies with the
average temperature of the
habitat to
which they...
-
typical of
regions of the
abyssal ocean and
hence can be
regarded as
homeothermic ectotherms. In contrast, in
places where temperature varies so widely...
- The air-trapping
property is also the
insulation principle emplo**** by
homeothermic animals to stay warm, for
example down feathers, and
insulating hair...
-
larger dinosaurs would have been gigantothermic,
rendering them
virtually homeothermic.
Gigantothermy allows animals to
maintain body temperature, but is most...
-
osmoreceptor is a
sensory receptor primarily found in the
hypothalamus of most
homeothermic organisms that
detects changes in
osmotic pressure.
Osmoreceptors can...
-
mechanism is
unknown but may
involve magnetite particles. Most bats are
homeothermic (having a
stable body temperature), the
exception being the
vesper bats...
