Body Temperature
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. homeostasis
A. Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via
2. capillaries
B. Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
3. temperature
C. Salty fluid secreted by ___ glands
4. evaporation
D. The process of becoming a vapor
5. receptors
E. A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent (plural)
6. sweat
F. To add nonfissionable material to so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
7. enzymes
G. Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules (plural)
8. denature
H. How hot or cold something is