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How do Thermoreceptors of the nervous system help to cool you off?

A thermoreceptor is a sensory receptor of the nervous system which helps to regulate body temperature due to the temperature of the surrounding environment. 1st componenet of the feedback system

When temperature are below normal internal body temperature it slows down a humans metabolism and affects the brain.

thermoreceptors are like sensors, and when it is too cold or too warm they send signals to the hypothalamus. The Hypothalamus is in the middle of the brain and regulates body temperature. The thermoreceptors in the hypothalamus help regulate the temperature of blood in the brain.

Thermoreceptors also live in skin, cornea and bladder "Cold-sensitive thermoreceptors give rise to the sensations of cooling, cold and freshness. In the cornea cold receptors are thought to respond with an increase in firing rate to cooling produced by evaporation of lacrimal fluid 'tears' and thereby to elicit a reflex blink."

When your body is hot and you need to get cooler: Cooling of the body occurs when there is a decrease in the warm receptors discharge rate. Cold receptors then turn up the firing rate during cooling and decreases during warming.

after thermoreceptors detect the body needs to cool down it sends signals to the brain, telling the body it needs to sweat. Sweating is the bodies way of cooling down. thermoreceptors also tell the brain to relax muscles around each hair, allowing the body to cool