Tuesday, January 31, 2012

2.88 the role of the skin in temperature regulation, with reference to sweating vasoconstriction and vasodilation

  • The skin regulates body temperature to protect against hyperthermia and hypothermia.
  •  Skin protects from the invasion of noxious substances, UV light, heat and micro-organisms.
  • The skin is also the most extensive sensory organ of the body for detection of tactile, thermal and painful stimuli.
  • The eccrine sweat glands produces sweats.
  •  The food stimulates heat inside the body which causes our brain to start off the body's normal cooling manner
  • The fluid is emitted  our pores in the skin which is sweats.

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