Saturday, August 21, 2010

How does the blood control body temperature?

because i need to know?How does the blood control body temperature?
It moves the heat from one place to another.





If it's hot, you sweat. The sweat evaporates and cools the skin. The blood flows under the skin, cools off and then travels to the rest of your body.





If it's cold, you shiver. The shivering warms up the muscles. The blood flows thru the muscles, warms up and travels to the rest of your body.How does the blood control body temperature?
the blood contains a lot of water, when body feels hot the periphera( those under skin)l blood vessels dialate, %26amp; we perspirate, %26amp; when we fill cold the bloos vessels contact avoiding water loss in turn avoiding heat loss( coz water takes up heat to get vaporised from skin surface). GOT it.....
When blood flows to the extremities, it cools. When it flows back to the core of the body, it heats up again.
blood circulates in the body.it has water,enzymes,optimum pH,antibodies %26amp; all essential components that regulate the body temperature.any change in temperature is compensated by the molecules in blood.
it acts the same way as coolant in the radiator of a car.
it gets warm because of the huge amounts of chemical reactions in the liver , that makes it warm ,





if it gets too warm then the skin starts to open its pours and and let sweat out , the sweat evaporates on the skin cooling the skin therefore the blood ,





all of this is called homeostasis(don't know if it's spelt correctly)
Because it circulates around your body and regulates temperatures.

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