Which anatomical structure regulates temperature by monitoring processes of heat production and loss in the human body?

The major difference between anesthetic and neuroleptanesthetic drugs is that the neuroleptanesthetic drugs:

a. decrease pain sensation and produce amnesia while the patient remains conscious. b. induce a loss of all sensation, often impairing consciousness. c. are neuromuscular blocking agents that produce paralysis. d. include halothane, which is the prototype for this class of drug.

Arterial pulses are a physical expression of:

A) pressure in the vena cavae. B) left ventricular contraction. C) the diastolic blood pressure. D) right ventricular contraction.