Environmental air temperature can fluctuate many degrees during the course of a day. A human's body temperature
A. can also fluctuate many degrees.
B. must be maintained within a range of a few degrees.
C. is raised by sweating and dilation of blood vessels in the skin.
D. is not maintained internally but fluctuates with the air temperature.
E. is lowered by shivering.
Answer: B
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