Principles of Human and Other Animal Physiology Chapter 1

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Poikilotherm

When the air around us gets warmer or cooler, our body temperature tends to follow along or be affected by the change.

Endotherm

Your body produces heat on its own. When it's cold outside, your metabolism speeds up, so you generate more heat to stay warm.

Homeotherm

Your body keeps its temperature steady no matter if it's hot or cold outside.

Ectotherm

It means that the object or thing doesn’t make its own heat inside it.