Although both conditions share the common characteristic of elevated body temperature, hyperthermia is technically different from fever because ______.
a. hyperthermia is a condition in which the temperature is higher than in fever
b. fever is a condition in which there is a change in the body's temperature setpoint
c. hyperthermia is a condition in which pyrogens act to increase body temperature
d. fever is a condition in which the metabolic rate is increased to a level higher than in hyperthermia
b. fever is a condition in which there is a change in the body's temperature setpoint
Fever is the body's response to a systemic microbial invasion and release of pyrogens by the immune cells. These pyrogens modify the body's temperature setpoint in the hypothalamus.
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a. phospholipids
b. DNA
c. cytoskeletal filaments
d. transport proteins
e. ribosomes
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