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What role does the skin play in thermoregulation?
Sweat glands
What role do accessory organs such as sweat glands and sebaceous glands play in the skin?
glands are not organs. Sebaceuos glands remove fat from body and only activate during pubirty these glands also remove toxins and cool the bosy off. Sweat glands secrete toxins through sweat and cool body as well these are activated in the body after birth these do not stink because there is no fat in the sweat.
Explain the role of sweating in the body. What effect did sweating have on Bill's water balance?
Sweating - is the body's way of controlling its temperature. In cold weather, the sweat glands contract, reducing water loss. In hot weather, the sweat glands dilate - allowing sweat to escape from the body. The escaping sweat evaporates - taking heat with it, thus cooling the body.
Which glands play a role in thermoregulation?
sweat glands: Eccrine glands also known as merocrine glands
Describe the role that your skin plays in regulating body temperature?
Your skin helps regulate your body temperature by keeping you cool.
The name of perspiration glands that has a role in temperature control?
Eccrine sweat gland
What role do sweat glands play in the integumentary system?
Sweat glands play very important role in your skin. This role is not apparent in the cold climate. But in hot and dry climate the perspiration is life saving. There may be one liter per hour perspiration in hot climate. It is meant to be evaporated to keep your body cool. The heat of evaporation is taken up from the body and the air that around you. The large intake of mildly salted water is recommended there in order to replace the loss. You should add 3 grams of salt per liter of drinking water.
Which nutrient provides the medium for temperature control and plays a role in biochemical reactions?
Water
Which glands are located on top of the kidneys and play a large role in the anti-inflammatory response?
Those glands are called as supra-renal glands or adrenal glands.
What role does the skin play in thermoregulation?
Sweat glands
What is the role of the parathyroid glands?
To regulate calcium within the body.
What organ system controls the activity of eccrine sweat glands?
The nervous system. Sweating is regulated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system, over which we have little control. Its major role is to prevent overheating of the body.
Which organ and glands have a role in glucose homeostasis?
liver,kidneys and pancreas
What organ release the endocrine system?
All glands produce hormones, all hormones affect the nervous system. The nervous system influences all glands to release hormones, either by nerve impulses or hormones released by other glands. This question is a bit like answering the question "what came first, the chicken or the egg?......" If you meant what is the most important, then the brain has direct control of the pituitary gland, that is the master control of the body's endocrine system.
What is a stink gland?
Stink glands are glands on certain insects and mammals that are designed to give off an odor. Skunks and stink bugs are two such animals. The stink glands are mostly used for self-defense, though they may play a role in finding partners to mate. Then there are certain mammals that have scent glands. Their odor is not as offensive, and they tend to play a role in communication and mating.
What is the role of control rods in a fission?
what is the role of control rods in a fission reaction
What is the name of the glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood stream?
The glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream are called endocrine glands. These glands include the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, adrenal glands, and pancreas, among others. Hormones play a crucial role in regulating various body functions and maintaining homeostasis.
