Vasoconstriction keeps the body warm in cold weather by constricting arteries in extremities to keep blood in the core, sacrificing the limbs.
La vasocostrizione mantiene il corpo caldo in climi freddi restringendo le arterie nelle estremità per mantenere il sangue nel nucleo, a scapito degli arti.
| Front | how does vasoconstriction keep the body warm in cold weather? |
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| Back | constricts arteries in extremities to keep blood in the core (sacrifice the limbs!!) |
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