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There are more than two and a half million eccrine sweat glands all over the body. They lie deep in the skin and are connected to the surface by coiled tubes called ducts. Sweat (perspiration) is a liquid mixture made up of 99% water and 1% salt and fat. Up to a quart of liquid a day can evaporate through the sweat glands.
As the body becomes overheated, a person sweats, which evaporates and cools the body. When a person becomes frightened or nervous, like being pinned under heavy weights, the body begins to sweat on the palms and forehead, as well as the soles of the feet and in the armpits. These are the sites where sweat glands are most abundant.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 05/29/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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Is sweating on a hot day an example of conduction?
No, sweating on a hot day is an example of evaporation. The sweat on your skin evaporates, taking heat with it and cooling your body down.
When to perspiration?
The process of sweating. Example: why do we have perspiration mechanism?
Can evaporation take place without the increase in temperature Give example.?
Yes. When you cool by sweating - it drops.
When a human exercises sweat often forms on the skin sweating is an example of the human bodys ability to?
recycle nutrients
Is there a real condition where aren't supposed to sweat while you sleep?
Nighttime sweating can be one sign of cancer. However, cancer is not the only cause of nocturnal sweating, and other factors are involved. For example, hormones, environmental temperature, and the ability to convect heat away from the body are 3 kinds of factors that influence sweating. Sleeping in a cooler room, or with less clothes and blankets can reduce sweating to a normal level.
Does sweating help your body remain cool and is this a example of homeostasis?
Yes, evapouration of sweat removes vast quantities of heat Yes, when the body is too hot sweating occurs to bring the temperature down again so this is homeostasis.
What does pop a molly mean?
''Pop a molly'' is a drug thats how i pretty use it as Example: Pop the drug im sweating more details for pop the drug search it on yahoo answers or more wiki answers
What are example sentences using the word profuse?
I am sweating profusely That is a profuse amount of garbage That person ate a profuse amount of food
hailey is at the beach in th ehot sun. which of the following is an example of how her body will maintain homeostaies?
sweating to decrease body temperature - apex
Is the word sweating a verb?
The word sweating is an adjective.
Is sweating a example of equilibrium?
Sweating is not an example of equilibrium; rather, it is a physiological response that helps maintain homeostasis, specifically thermoregulation. When the body temperature rises, sweat glands produce sweat, which evaporates and cools the skin. This process helps restore the body's internal temperature to a stable state, but it is an active mechanism rather than a state of equilibrium. Equilibrium refers to a balanced state where opposing forces or processes are in harmony, which is not the case during the active cooling process of sweating.
How do you stop armpit sweating?
You can't just stop sweating. It serves a major purpose in ridding the body of toxins and as a cooling effect to regulate body temperature. If you are sweating profusely under you arms or anywhere else, when doing very little in cooler weather (for example) you may have Hyperhydrosis. In extreme cases a Dr. can do a very simple procedure to sever the nerve under local anesthesia, that is in the affected area to slow down or stop the excessive sweating.
