Heat Effects on Body Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: cardiac drift : increase in heart rate during prolonged exercise in the heat, vascular shunting : redistribution of blood flow around the body to essential areas, electrolytes : essential minerals that help to carry electrical charge for muscle contraction, sweating : body function that helps to regulate body temperature/release of salty fluid from skin, thermoregulation : the process which allows the body to maintain its internal core temperature, thermoreceptor : sensory receptor that detects an increase in core body temperature, dehydration : loss of water in the body tissues. largely caused by sweating, acclimatisation : the pre- competiton process where individuals adapt their body systems to a change in the environmental conditions, hyperthermia : significantly raised core body temperature