Sweatology+HW-+PK

__//**Sweatology Article or Skin the largest organ (Thanks Kat)**//__

Make a unique wiki page. Copy and paste questions. The article is an attachment below.



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(__//**1) Why is sweat like your personal air-conditioner and why is that important?**//__ - Sweat is similar to an air conditionar because it drips and sometimes stalls. It is important because the body does not tolerate overheating very well. For example, the brain malfunctions a dozen degrees above normal body temperatures.

__//**(2) The human body can tolerate cooling. How much? Give examples.**//__ - The body can tolerate and recover form body temperatures below 20 degrees.

__//**(3) The human body can not tolerate over heating. How much? Give examples.**//__ - The human brain malfunctions with fever when the body temperature increases at least six degrees.

(__//**4) Why do we think humans evolved sweat glands? Give examples.**//__ - Humans evolved sweat glands as bady hair vanished from the human body. Hairless skin is the optimal cooling condition for the enlarging hominid brain and an active lifestyle in hot conditions.

__//**(5) Describe some of the variation in the amount of sweat glands. Give examples.**//__ - Everyone has individual sweat patterns according to their age, genes, sex, weight, shape and amount of exercise. For example, a set of twins may have variating sweat glands according to how much they exercise.

__//**(6) What happens during menopause with respect to sweat? Give examples.**//__ - During menopause, woman will get "hot flashes" because their inner thermostat is recognizing heat where there is none and producing sweat as a result. For example. Sharla is sweating even though it is winter since she is going through menopause.

(__//**7) What happens as we age? Why is that dangeous? Give examples.**//__ - As we age both sexes sweat less, no matter how in we are or how hot the temperature is. It is dangerous because the elderly have a higher risk of a heat stroke during heat waves.

__//**(8) Is clothing good or bad when it comes to sweat? Why? Give examples.**//__ - Clothing can be counterproductive for sweating. The less clothes one wears the more heat is being absorbed into the skin.

__//**(9) Describe what happens during heat acclimation. Give examples.**//__ - Heat acclimation is when an athelete builds an endurance to salt deprevation.

__//**(10) Who is "Adam"? Why is he being used for scientific experimentation?**//__ - Adam is a man being used as a "lab rat" for automobile corperations. They are checking his sweat production to see how less air conditioning can be used in their cars.