Why is skin not considered a heat barrier for the body?

What will be an ideal response?


The skin proper must retain flexibility to give up excess body heat, so it must not function as a heat barrier. The hypodermis contains adipose tissue that acts as an insulator. With this setup, extra blood (and heat) can be shunted above the hypodermis when heat loss is desirable.

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A young child grows rapidly, with high levels of cell division and high energy requirements. If you were planning the child's diet, which food groups would you emphasize, and why? Which food groups would you deemphasize, and why?

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Both the cerebrum and cerebellum have gray matter in their surface cortex and deeper nuclei, and white matter deep to the cortex.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A swine operation that houses breeding sows and offspring until they reach weaning age or weight is known as:

A) farrow-to-finish B) feeder-to-finish C) feeder-to-wean D) farrow-to-wean

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