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Goosebumps are caused by little muscles called the arrectores pilorum (the hair erector muscles). Contraction of these muscles elevates the hair follicles above the rest of the skin. And it is these tiny elevations we perceive as goose bumps.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoarrector pili muscle
It's the errector pilli muscle, it actually raises the hair and that is what the goose bump is.
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∙ 9y agoThe arrector pili are small muscles attached to hair follicles. They contract and result in Goosebumps and shivering when you are cold.
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∙ 12y agoThe arrectores pilorum (the muscle that moves the hair)
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∙ 13y agoArrector pili muscles are responsible for the production of goose bumps.
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∙ 14y agosome nerves in your body
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What muscle cause goose bump?
The Arrector Pili muscle
Where do you get goose bummps?
You get goose bumps on your skin. Each one of your hairs has a very small muscle (arrector pili) attached to it.When this muscle contracts, it causes the hair to stand upwards pushing some of the skin into a tiny hill. What you will see is a goose bump. You don't notice that the hairs are also up. But the same thing occurs in other animals and they appear larger.
What is a sac from which hair grows?
The root is part of hair embedded in the follicle in dermis. It has an attached smooth muscle which can contract causing the hair to stand up right. This causes the skin to form a slight bump which we call a 'goose bump'.
What cause goose bumps?
Arrector pili muscle- Minute, involuntary muscle in the base of the hair follicle that causes "goose bumps".Hope this helps you
Goose bump in tagalog?
"Utong ng gansa" is the Tagalog term for goose bump.
Where is goose bump manor on moshi monsters?
goose bump manor is the haunted castle in monstro city
Where you get goose bump?
I get them on my arms. sometimes on my legs too(:
What is a goose bump?
Goose bumps are the tiny bumps you get all over your body when you get the chills, also sometimes referred to as goose pimples.
The muscle in the skin that is responsible for the goose flesh appearance?
Arrectorpili Muscle
What causes goose like bumps on the arm?
they are goose Bumps. :)
Does a goose have venom?
Not any goose that I know of. They do pack quite a whollop if they smack you in the face with their neck or wings. If they don't break your bones, they will raise a bump.
What muscle gives us goose bumps?
your penis
