The hypothalamus serves in part as an integrated thermoregulatory center defining an organism's response to changes in its thermal environment.Because the hypothalamus normally serves to produce metabolic responses that reverse the direction of environmental temperature change,the control it exerts is termed
A) positive feedback.
B) metabolic compensation.
C) negative feedback.
D) feedforward control.
E) the effector.

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The hypothalamus is responsible for negative feedback control in response to changes in thermal environment, meaning it produces responses to reverse the direction of the changes.

The Hypothalamus Serves in Part as an Integrated Thermoregulatory Center