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Fat is just an insulator e.g. plastic covering on wires, or wood. Except one that happens to store energy. An insulator is a material that has a high resistance and does not easily allow energy of any form to pass through it including electrical, sound, heat and movement.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agofats help regulate your body temperature and keep you warm. They also are used for energy. Fat is stored in your body, for when you need it. Fat is also used for making cell membranes.
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∙ 14y agofats provide covering for the vital organs in the human body. This can be beneficial as fats are used for energy storage and can help with the loss of heat
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∙ 11y agoMost animals have fur or something to keep them warm,before their skin,fat is just another layer to keep warm
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∙ 15y agoThe internal organs, yes. The skin, no.
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∙ 11y agoelastic cartilage
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What is important for maintaining a stable thermal environment within the human body?
Water is the most important substance for maintaining body temperature.
2. Both newborn infants and aged individuals have very little subcutaneous tissue. How does this affect their sensitivity to cold environmental temperature?
Subcutaneous tissue or the hypodermis contains adipose tissues or fats. One of its functions is to insulate (thermal insulation) the body or provides some insulation from cold. Thermal insulation is the reduction of the effects of the various processes of heat transfer between objects in thermal contact. So, subcutaneous serves as the clothing of the human body to maintain the temperature or protection from the cold environment.
Does body fat help against hypothermia?
Yes. Body fat creats insulation around the body to prevent heat escaping the core of the body.
Why is there fat coating around the dendrites and axons?
The fat coating around the dendrites and axons is to insulate them.
What is a function of the fat that surrounds the kidneys in life?
Fat surrounds the kidneys to help protect and insulate them. For example, if you were to get punched in the kidney and didn't have the fat there, then you would injure them worse than if the fat was there.
Why is fat free diet dangerous?
The body needs a certain amount of fat to insulate it from the cold.
Why is fat-free diet dangerous?
The body needs a certain amount of fat to insulate it from the cold.
Why is a fat-free diet dangerous.?
The body needs a certain amount of fat to insulate it from the cold.
Why is a fat free diet dangerous?
The body needs a certain amount of fat to insulate it from the cold.
What materials are used to insulate your body in Winter?
Hair and Fat and off course clothes Hair keeps cold wind and water away. Fat acts as a heat or cold buffer between your inner body and the colder exterior buffer.
How do fat insulate your body?
Subcutaneous Fat
What is the function of fat layer?
The fat layer under the skin is also known as the subcutaneous layer and is the deepest layer of skin under the epidermis and the dermis. The fat layer helps to insulate the body from both heat and cold and it provides a storage area for energy as well as providing a protective layer of padding to help protect internal structures of the body.
What does extra fat do?
Makes you heavier, cushions you, helps insulate you from heat loss, changes your body shape. Too much is bad for you
Fat in what layer helps insulate the body?
Hypodermis.
Which organic compound serves as insulation against cold?
The Lipid fat can help insulate you from the cold.
What is the role of body fat?
That is a very good question! Body fat was designed by nature to give you that extra food during the time of starvation. Nature has never imagined that man will store that much quantity of fat or rather this much food will be readily available to man. Fat has a role to preserve the body heat in cold climate. Fat gives that smooth contour to females and acts as a secondary sex character. But then fat has many fold disadvantages. It can harden your blood vessels to give you heart attacks. You have to carry that extra load with you for no reason, all the time.
What is important for maintaining a stable thermal environment within the human body?
Water is the most important substance for maintaining body temperature.
