Sweating is initiated in response to a rise in body temperature that occurs on exposure to a hot environment. Evaporation of the sweat cools the body. This is an example of

a. negative feedback.
b. positive feedback.
c. a feedforward mechanism.
d. an intrinsic (local) control mechanism.
e. autoregulation.


A

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