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- visible piloerection is ****ociated with changes in skin temperature in humans. The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor...
- transient paresthesia (skin tingling or chills), sometimes along with piloerection (goose bumps) and mydriasis (pupil dilation). The sensation can occur...
- causes the hairs to stand on end, known colloquially as goose bumps (piloerection). Each arrector pili is composed of a bundle of smooth muscle fibres...
- flexing of hair follicles resulting in goose bumps (technically called piloerection), accompanied by a cold sensation, and sometimes producing a shudder...
- about to be attacked by a dog. The cat shows accelerated heartbeat, piloerection (hair standing on end), and pupil dilation, all signs of sympathetic...
- the 1920s as slang for pleading guilty. The term is also attributed to piloerection or "goose bumps" that occurs with abrupt withdrawal from opioids, which...
- Dominance is also established through biting (especially of the ears), piloerection, aggressive noises, head thrusts, and leaping attacks. Non-****ual simulated...
- pupillary constriction and nasal stuffiness above the spinal lesion. Piloerection and pale, cool skin occur below the lesion due to the prevailing sympathetic...
- moths are the first recorded insect to use the piloerection mechanism for thermoregulation. Piloerection helps the moth to save energy by decreasing heat...
- such as a piece of music. Frisson often occurs simultaneously with piloerection, colloquially known as "goose bumps", by which tiny muscles called arrector...