Name the two main metabolic mechanisms of heat generation employed below the thermoneutral zone.
Humans are endothermic organisms. Humans maintain their body
temperature in a constant range which is necessary to carry out
physiological functions of the body.
Humans maintain a thermoneutral zone where the heat production is
equal to heat lost by body. When the body's thermoneutral zone is
impaired and body temperature decreases. The body generates heat
through increased metabolic rate.
The main metabolic pathway that body utilize to generate heat are
aerobic and anaerobic pathway. The heat generated through aerobic
pathway is greater than anaerobic pathway.
Some of the main metabolic reaction that utilizes aerobic pathway
are glycolysis, Krebs cycle, gluconeogenesis, oxidative
phosphorylation.
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