Score is an old word for the number 20. = (4*20+7)years = 87 years. And in the Bible: âthree score years and tenâ meaning: âseventy years oldâ (3*20+10) (Psalm 90). This was thought to be a normal life span.
One of the functions of the Integumentary System is the negative feedback, homeostatic control of the core body temperature. This is called thermoregulation.
Block diagram of the system for control of body temperature. A diagram of the system that controls body temperature is shown in Fig. 2-3. Somewhere in the brain, perhaps the hypothalamus, the optimum temperature of the body (set point) is stored.