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Why does your skin and lips taste salty?
there is some salt in your sweat and so when you sweat you will have some salt on your body
Is the salt gland in the albatross the same as their sweat glands?
Only mammals have sweat glands, so the albatross doesn't have them. Its salt gland helps it to get rid of the heavy concentrations of salt it ingests with its food and by drinking ocean water. This is a much greater concentration of salt than what mammals handle via sweating, and of course, sweating's primary function is not to rid the body of salt, but rather to cool it, to produce scent, to protect the skin and hair, etc. Mammary glands are even a modified type of sweat gland.
How the sweat glands helps to cool the body?
Answer: what does sweat consist of? salt is salt a waste product? yes excess salt needs to be removed from the body how? mainly through the kidneys any other way? yes when we exercise we sweat/perspire therefore the sweat glands work to remove waste. salt is eliminated through perspiration that's why you have a salty taste when you sweat As your body excretes the sweat to cool you off from the sweat glands, toxins and wastes are carried by the blood and through the skin to the sweat glands, where they go out in the droplet of sweat.
Why does your sweat cause your face to burn when you exercise?
your sweat causes your face to burn because of the salt in it. the salt is what burns. it burns mostly because your pores are open more to let the sweat out and the salt gets in and burns.
What is the combination of water salt and urea?
It is sweat!!
What do you sweat when you sweat out?
what you sweat out is practicaly the same as urine.From what I know, you sweat to cool yourself down, but if you are like a sauna, then you sweat out impurities.You sweat out salt, water, and other metabolic wastes that are in your skin; and yes, the primary purpose is to cool the body by evaporation, whether outdoors or in a sauna. (Your bodydoes not know the difference!)
Is there sweat in milk?
Although the primary constituent of milk -- that is, water -- is the same as the primary constituent of sweat, there is no sweat in milk.
Does the intake of large amounts of salt increase prespiration?
While salt is excreted in sweat, sweating isn't the primary way that the body eliminates salt. The main way that the body eliminates excess salt is through urination.
How can you get salt lines on your hat?
Salt lines on clothing are caused by the presence of sweat from your body. [Presuming you did not swim in salt water.] Sweat can be very salty. Your head does sweat too, and over time, salt lines can appear where sweat soaked into the hat and then dried.
Why does your skin and lips taste salty?
there is some salt in your sweat and so when you sweat you will have some salt on your body
Is sweat odorless?
Yes, sweat is in fact odorless. It is the salt from the sweat and the chemicals on your body.
What do sweat glands excrete?
Sweat glands excrete sweat ( which is mostly salt and water).
What is the salt that comes out of the body?
It the sweat. If you taste your sweat is gonna be salty.
Are tears salt water?
Yes All your tears and sweat are salt water and then it is natural thing to cry out salt water Yes All your tears and sweat are salt water and then it is natural thing to cry out salt water Yes All your tears and sweat are salt water and then it is natural thing to cry out salt water
How the sweat glands helps to cool the body?
Answer: what does sweat consist of? salt is salt a waste product? yes excess salt needs to be removed from the body how? mainly through the kidneys any other way? yes when we exercise we sweat/perspire therefore the sweat glands work to remove waste. salt is eliminated through perspiration that's why you have a salty taste when you sweat As your body excretes the sweat to cool you off from the sweat glands, toxins and wastes are carried by the blood and through the skin to the sweat glands, where they go out in the droplet of sweat.
Is the salt gland in the albatross the same as their sweat glands?
Only mammals have sweat glands, so the albatross doesn't have them. Its salt gland helps it to get rid of the heavy concentrations of salt it ingests with its food and by drinking ocean water. This is a much greater concentration of salt than what mammals handle via sweating, and of course, sweating's primary function is not to rid the body of salt, but rather to cool it, to produce scent, to protect the skin and hair, etc. Mammary glands are even a modified type of sweat gland.
Why does your sweat cause your face to burn when you exercise?
your sweat causes your face to burn because of the salt in it. the salt is what burns. it burns mostly because your pores are open more to let the sweat out and the salt gets in and burns.
