Chapter 14.9, Problem 14.7.3QC

Summary Introduction

To write:

Whether vascular resistance in the skin increase or decrease with a rise in body temperature and whether this change helps the body to regulate its temperature.

Introduction:

The body’s the capability to regulate heat loss by the skin is an important constituent of body temperature regulation. The response of the body towards temperature change is induced by the thermoregulatory center located in the hypothalamus, which gets signals related to temperature from the chemoreceptors.