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Involuntary skeletal muscle contractions and relaxations create heat and therefore help to regulate body temperature.
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Why does shivering keep you warm?
Shivering - nerve impulses are sent by the hypothalamus to the skeletal muscles to bring about rapid contractions that generate heat. Shivering therefore helps raise the body temperature. Increase in metabolic rate - the liver produces extra heat in order to raise the temperature of the body.
What are tissues made up of in the body?
cells group together in the body to form tissues
Is sweating a reflex triggered to warm your body?
No. Sweating is used to cool the body; shivering is used for warming.
What are the mechanisms of heat gain in the human body?
high metabolic rates, shivering,
Which body tissues produce prostaglandins?
Most cells, in all body tissues, have the ability to produce protstaglandins.
Efficiency of the body is high or low when shivering explain?
The efficiency of the the body is low when you are shivering because your body is in hibernation mode, shivering to help you maintain your body temperature.
How does shivering help us adapt?
Shivering helps us adapt because shivering makes the body move and it helps to make the body warmer because of the movement.
What is body trying to do when you are either shivering or sweating?
Shivering warms the body by increasing metabolism, and sweating cools the body by the effects of evaporation of the moisture on the skin.
What is your body trying to do when you either shivering or sweating?
Shivering warms the body by increasing metabolism, and sweating cools the body by the effects of evaporation of the moisture on the skin.
Does relaxing your body help you warm up when your cold I find shivering makes me feel colder?
Relaxing your body will only make you colder,and shivering is your bodies response when it is cold and is ment to warm your body up a little.There is no way shivering can make your body colder.
What reflex is triggered to warm your body?
Shivering
What is the effect if shivering?
Shivering helps the pores of the skin close, thus keeping in more heat in the body.
Why is shivering one of the first signs that you are cold?
Shivering is the body's attempt to increase it's core temperature.
What is the function of shivering?
Shivering is an involuntary muscular response from the body, triggered by cold. The "shivering" muscles are trying to internally generate heat, to help keep you warm.
What does the human body do to warm up?
shivering warms the body up.
What is your body doing when you shiver?
Shivering warms the body by increasing metabolism.
How does adaptability help us?
Shivering helps us adapt because shivering makes the body move and it helps to make the body warmer because of the movement.
