Thermoregulation is an essential process involved in maintaining homeostasis. This involves the body's ability to maintain its core temperature within narrow limits, despite variations in external temperatures. Thermoregulation helps protect the body; this allows it to continue functioning at a temperature at which the required chemical reactions in the body can take place. This ensures the functioning of vital organs and muscles of the body. A wide range of homeostatic mechanisms are involved in thermoregulation, and they are essential for minimizing heat loss and gain. Without this, any change in ambient temperature would be detrimental to bodily functions. Hot temperatures would cause hyperthermia and cold temperatures would cause hypothermia. This could lead to damage to organs and muscles. Thermoregulation is therefore essential for human survival. Thermoreceptors, distributed throughout the body, are strongly involved in this physiological mechanism. They perceive temperature variations and transmit this information to the brain for processing. Thermal cha...