Multiple Choice
Sweating is
A) an active evaporative heat-loss process under sympathetic nervous control
B) the only means of losing heat when the environmental temperature is warmer than body temperature
C) the only means by which evaporative heat loss can take place in the body
D) a and b
E) all of the above
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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