CIP session 8: Temperature and Mortality Flashcards
1
Q
Mechanisms to maintain heat balance
A
- Respiration (breathing out warm air)
- Evaporation ( lose heat through sweating)
- Radiation (skin radiates heat)
- Convection (tranfer of heat with air around skin)
- Conduction (transfer of heat by two object directly in contact with one another)
2
Q
Expansion and Contraction of Blood vessels
A
- Vasodilation: lose more heat by expansion of blood vessels
- Vasoconstriction: lose less heat by contraction of blood vessels
3
Q
Climate effects on heat balance
A
- Solar Radiation
- Humidiy
- Temperature
- Altitude
