Sentences with phrase «maintain human body temperature»

Inside a warm - water testing environment controlled to maintain human body temperature, the researchers implanted the prosthetics inside the models, being careful to place the new valves in the exact location that was used during the clinical procedure for each case.

Not exact matches

This reflects the ability of moisture to evaporate, which is the mechanism required for the human body to maintain its internal temperature through the evaporation of sweat.

Sea otters must eat about 25 % of their body weight daily to maintain their body temperature since unlike other marine mammals they rely solely on their fur rather than an extra layer of blubber to stay warm — it's like a 120 - pound human eating 30 pounds of food per day.

Winter can accelerate dehydration because humans undergo vasoconstriction in the cold to maintain body temperature.

As the heat dome extended its oppressive tendrils over Egypt, both temperatures and humidity spiked — pushing wet bulb readings into ranges that made it difficult for humans to maintain body temperatures.

Human biology is remarkable; we maintain a relatively stable core body temperature over a wide range of ambient temperatures.

Humans can overheat if core body temperatures much above 98.6 ° F (37 ° C) are sustained.16 Normally, when skin temperatures is somewhat cooler than 98.6 ° F (37 ° C), the body loses its metabolically generated heat by conducting that heat outward from the core.7 Extremely hot and humid conditions, however, can make it difficult to keep this heat balance maintained.16 Extreme heat can be particularly dangerous to old, young, or frail people; to those suffering from cardiovascular, respiratory, or diabetic disease; and to lower - income people who do not have well - insulated homes or air - conditioning.17, 18

It seems to me that depending on the parameters — specifically whether you are beyond the threshold point at which your boy can no longer sufficiently compensate and maintain homesostasis — there actually is a linear relationship between the forcing (external temperature) and response (core body temperature) in humans.

«We humans use more energy when it is cold, because we must maintain a constant body temperature.

Bathing has been a central ritual of human civilizations for nearly all of recorded history but many animals, too, need to bathe to maintain hygiene and body temperature.