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 Form 2 Biology questions and answers on excretion and homeostasis

Explain how the human skin brings about cooling of the body on a hot day.

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-Erector pilli muscle relax; and hair lie fiat trapping less air thus reducing insulation Blood capillaries under the skin vasodilate and more blood is brought
under the skin increasing heat loss sweat glands release more sweat to the skin surface the sweat take away heat from the body when it evaporates.


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