Thermoregulation

Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature as its own body temperature, thus avoiding the need for internal thermoregulation. The internal thermoregulation process is one aspect of homeostasis: a state of dynamic stability in an organism's internal conditions, maintained far from thermal equilibrium with its environment (the study of such processes in zoology has been called physiological ecology). If the body is unable to maintain a normal temperature and it increases significantly above normal, a condition known as hyperthermia occurs. For humans, this occurs when the body is exposed to constant temperatures of approximately 55 °C (131 °F), and with prolonged exposure (longer than a few hours) at this temperature and up to around 75 °C (167 °F) death is almost inevitable. Humans may also experience lethal hyperthermia when the wet bulb temperature is sustained above 35 °C (95 °F) for six hours. The opposite condition, when body temperature decreases below normal levels, is known as hypothermia.

Body Heat (disambiguation)

Body Heat is a 1981 film by Lawrence Kasdan.

Body Heat may also refer to:

  • Thermoregulation, the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries
  • Body Heat (Blue System album)
  • Body Heat (Quincy Jones album)
  • "Bodyheat", a 1976 song by James Brown
  • Bodyheat (album), a James Brown album containing the song
  • "Body Heat", a 1989 single by Australian rock band Roxus
  • Body Heat

    Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna, and features Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. The film was inspired by Double Indemnity and Out of the Past.

    The film launched Turner's careerEmpire magazine cited the film in 1995 when it named her one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History".The New York Times wrote in 2005 that, propelled by her "jaw-dropping movie debut [in] Body Heat ... she built a career on adventurousness and frank sexuality born of robust physicality."

    The film was the directorial debut of Kasdan, screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

    Plot

    During a particularly intense Florida heatwave, inept lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins an affair with Matty (Kathleen Turner), the wife of wealthy businessman Edmund Walker (Richard Crenna). They go to great lengths to keep their affair a secret, but Ned carelessly propositions an old school friend of Matty, Mary Ann Simpson (Kim Zimmer), thinking she was Matty. Matty soon makes it clear to Ned that she wants to leave Edmund but also wants his money, explaining that a divorce would leave her with very little due to their prenuptial agreement. Racine suggests the only option is to kill Edmund. While planning the murder, Ned consults one of his shadier clients, Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), an expert on incendiary devices, who supplies him with a bomb.

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Body Heat

    by: Quincy Jones

    BODY HEAT - QUINCY JONES
    INTRO
    Can you feel it
    Touching you
    Don't you feel it
    My tempratures risin'
    And it's not surprisin'
    But when you're close to me girl
    It's so tantalizin'
    I can't help myself
    I get so excited
    Why do I act in this fashion?
    Why can't I control my passion?
    Some call it... soul fire
    I call it love's desire
    Come on up, I'm gonna take you higher
    I'm gonna give you warmth, guaranteed to inspire
    When we meet
    Ain't it sweet
    And when we greet
    Feel that body heat
    Feel that body..
    Can't you feel it, can't you feel it, can't you feel it
    Feel that body heat?
    Feel that body heat
    Body heat
    Give me your hand
    And I'll give you mine
    Oh, fire and water
    Mixed up in one sign
    Touching you
    Inside of you, baby
    Oh, I like it
    I like it a lot
    Come on baby
    Give it all you got
    I'm gettin' warmer
    But just wait til I get hot
    Cause I'm a genie nonfiction
    Rub me til I feel the friction
    Some call it... soul fire
    I call it love's desire
    Come on up, I'm gonna take you higher
    I'm gonna give you warmth, guaranteed to inspire
    When we meet
    Feel the heat
    Ain't sweet
    Feel that body heat
    Feel that body heat
    Your Fahrenheit is outta sigh
    It's alright, I dig body heat
    I dig body...
    Your centigrade could stand some shade
    But it's o.k. cause I dig body heat
    I dig body heat
    Can you feel it
    Call you feel it
    Can you feel it




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