What makes the bumps on your skin when you are cold?!


Question: What makes the bumps on your skin when you are cold!?
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Goose bumps, also called goose pimples, goose flesh, chill bumps, chicken skin, or the medical term cutis anserina, are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions such as fear or awe, or captures the essence of a unique experience!. The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as horripilation, piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex!. It occurs not only in humans but also in many other mammals; a prominent example are porcupines which raise their quills when threatened!.
Goose bumps are created when tiny muscles at the base of each hair, known as arrectores pilorum, contract and pull the hair erect!. The reflex is started by the sympathetic nervous system, which is in general responsible for many fight-or-flight responses!.
As a response to cold: in animals covered with fur or hair, the erect hairs trap air to create a layer of insulation!. Goose bumps can also be a response to anger or fear: the erect hairs make the animal appear larger, in order to intimidate enemies!. This can be observed in the intimidation displays of chimpanzees, and in frightened cats!. In humans, it can even extend to piloerection as a reaction to hearing nails scratch on a chalkboard or listening to awe-inspiring music!.
Piloerection as a response to cold or fear is in humans; as humans retain a lot body hair, the reflex (in humans) now serves no known purpose!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

those are called "goose bumps" and what causes them is when your body is cold, it's letting you know, and when you shiver it's a way of trying to help your body get warmer until you're in a warm vacilityWww@Answer-Health@Com

Tiny hairs stand up on your skin and form the bumps!. This is done in an effort to warm the body up!.

It also happens when you are afraid or in awe!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

it is when tiny muscles at the base of each hair contract which pulls the hair up!. this is due to the Sympathetic Nervous System which reacts to stress, which is why you get goose bumps when you're scared as well!. when you see goose bumps they are actually the little contracted muscles around tiny (or not so tiny!) arm hairs!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

These bumps are called goosebumps!. Goosebumps tell that your too cold and need to warm up!. Tiny hair also stand up!. This also happens when somtimes you are frightened or when your angry!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

"goosebumps" Its a bodies defense mechanism when your cold!.!.!.like shivering or sweating (when your hot)Www@Answer-Health@Com





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