Adelle often has goose bumps on her arms. Explain how the goose bumps are formed and why she will never have goose bumps on the palms of her hands or on the soles of her feet
What will be an ideal response?
A smooth muscle, called the arrector pili muscle, is attached to the hair follicle. During the contraction of this muscle, the hair stands up. A goose bump is a tiny mound of flesh that forms at the base of this erect hair. Goose bumps cannot form at places where hair is not present, such as the palm of a hand and the sole of a foot.
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and propose one additional experiment you could do with each junction to gain a greater understanding of that junction's properties. What will be an ideal response?
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