Im doing a biology lab on exploring the properties of water. in which the answer has 2 have something about water in it so... Our bodies are continually producing heat, yet our body temperature fluctuates very little. How is this possible?
okay there is a term called tonicity. this term means osmotic pressure gradients on opposing sides for a cell that has a goal of becoming isotonic. all that means is an even flow of H20 on either side. not too much not too less. hypotonicity = rupture in the cell hypertonicity = shriveling of the cell. respectively. to make this simpler, by replenishing this water we are using on the cellular level, ETC. We can keep out body regulated. then when there is a malfunction in our system that is when we can become dis-regulated and exposed to temperature variances in our body. plus we are really good at regulating too much heat by opening our pores and then when we get 'chill bumps' we can close off our output of heat. hope i did not go to far in-depth.
A major point to consider is the specific heat capacity of H2O; i.e. the fact that it has a high specific heat capacity allows it to serve several important biological and physical functions. Another point to ponder would be H2O's role in zwitterionic molecules such as Amino acids and the lack of interaction to form micellles.
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