THOUGHT QUESTIONS.--=Freckles, Warts, Moles, Scars, Proud Flesh,
Pimples, Blackheads.= Use these names in the proper places below:--
A rough prominence formed by several papillæ growing through the
epidermis at a weak spot and enlarging is called a ____. Small
patches of pigment developing on the hands and face from much
exposure to the sun are called ____. The growth of exposed dermis
sprouting through an opening in the epidermis due to accident is
called ____. (This should be scraped off and cauterized to aid the
epidermis to grow over it again.) Sometimes a cut heals in such a way
that no epidermis and therefore no pigment cells cover the place of
injury, which is occupied only by white fibrous tissue (cicatricial
tissue) of the true skin. In this case the mark left is called a
cicatrice or ____. If pores or the openings of oil glands become
clogged, but not enlarged, little swellings called ____ may result.
An enlarged pore filled with oil and dirt is called a ____. A spot
present since birth, dark with pigment, and often containing hairs
and blood vessels, is called a ____.
=Regulation of Temperature.=--As is well known, rapid running or
violent exercise of any kind causes profuse perspiration. The sweat
glands are connected with the brain by means of nerves, and when the
body has too much heat, a _nerve impulse from the lowest part of the
brain causes the sweat glands to form sweat more rapidly_. Heat and
exercise may cause the activity of the sweat glands to increase to
forty times the usual rate. The evaporation of the sweat cools the
body, for a large amount of heat is required to evaporate a small
amount of water (Exp. 4 and 5). This is shown by the cooling effect of
sprinkling water on the floor on a warm day. By fanning we hasten the
cooling of the body (Exp. 4).
Exercise tends to heat the body, but it also _causes us to breathe
faster and causes much blood to flow through the skin_. Both of these
effects aid in cooling the body, for the cool air is drawn into the
lungs, becomes warm, and takes away heat when it leaves; and the warm
blood flowing in the skin loses some of its heat to the cool air in
contact with the skin.
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