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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 commonly...
- 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...
- ****. Erection also may refer to: ****oral erection Nipple erection Piloerection, a muscle-effected rising of hair Construction, erection of a building...
- constriction and nasal stuffiness above the spinal lesion, while there is piloerection, pale and cool skin below the lesion due to the prevailing sympathetic...
- 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...
- wolves consists of a variety of facial expressions, tail positions and piloerection. Aggressive, or self-****ertive wolves are characterized by their slow...
- moths are the first recorded insect to use the piloerection mechanism for thermoregulation. Piloerection helps the moth to save energy by decreasing heat...