• The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex, or, more traditionally, horripilation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other medical terms for goosebumps are horripilation, piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex. (harvard.edu)
  • Goose bumps, goosebumps or goose-pimples (also called chill bumps[citation needed]) are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which may involuntarily develop when a person is tickled, cold or experiencing strong emotions such as fear, euphoria or sexual arousal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Goosebumps are the result of tiny muscles flexing in the skin, making hair follicles rise up a bit. (harvard.edu)
  • Goosebumps are an involuntary reaction: nerves from the sympathetic nervous system - the nerves that control the fight or flight response - control these skin muscles. (harvard.edu)
  • So, in response to cold, the nerve tells the tiny muscles in the skin to contract (causing goosebumps) and the same nerve activates hair follicle stem cells for new hair growth. (harvard.edu)
  • Researchers led by Drs. Ya-Chieh Hsu from Harvard University and Sung-Jan Lin from National Taiwan University used skin samples from mice to explore what other roles goosebumps might play. (nih.gov)
  • Everyone experiences tiny bumps on the skin that looks like the skin of a plucked bird, called goosebumps. (wowsciencefacts.com)
  • The medical term is cutis anserine ( cutis means skin and anser means goose). (harvard.edu)
  • 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 . (wikidoc.org)
  • Water has a much higher thermal conductivity than air (0.58 vs. 0.025 W/mK), and heat conductance from unprotected skin can be more than dozens of times greater in water than in air at the same temperature. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Perhaps instead, a music chill may be a dopamine reward for motivation and a release of epinephrine for the physical aspects of the chill (the physical aspects are piloerection, skin conductance change, and heart rate change). (science20.com)
  • Then the sympathetic nervous system also causes the piloerection reflex, which makes the muscles attached to the base of each hair follicle contract and force the hair up. (wikipedia.org)
  • other: other: other: other: - At 2000 mg/kg bw, mortalities were preceded by a decrease of the spontaneous activity (3/3) associated with a decrease of muscle tone (2/2), a decrease or an absence of Preyer's and righting reflex (3/3) and a piloerection (2/2). (europa.eu)
  • At 300 mg/kg bw, from 30 minutes after the test item administration, a decrease of the spontaneous activity (6/6) associated with a decrease of righting reflex (5/6) and a piloerection (5/6). (europa.eu)
  • Additionally, chills are often accompanied by piloerection, which causes the hairs on our skin to stand on end. (musicrebound.com)
  • All these hairs grow out of a tiny organ in the skin known as a follicle. (hormonesmatter.com)
  • Hairs standing up trap a layer of air near the skin, holding onto body heat. (harvard.edu)
  • Piloerection, also known as "raised hackles," refers to the phenomenon in which the hairs on a dog's body stand up, making the dog's fur look thicker and more rigid. (pawsafe.com)
  • piloerection when stress hormones cause small muscles in the skin along the hair follicles to contract, thereby raising the hairs upwards away from the skin causing a classic 'Halloween' cat appearance. (texvetpets.org)
  • Piloerection that happens because the dog is in a state of arousal (excited, afraid, aggressive, etc.) happens because the dog's sympathetic nervous system is activated. (pawsafe.com)
  • Piloerection is also a classic symptom of some diseases, such as temporal lobe epilepsy, some brain tumors, and autonomic hyperreflexia. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] The emotional correlates of piloerection in humans are not well understood. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nevertheless, aggression is the most common emotional state we link to raised hackles. (pawsafe.com)
  • Developmental and pharmacological features of mouse emotional piloerection. (wikidoc.org)
  • Each of these terms describes a temporary change in the skin from smooth to bumpy, most commonly developing after exposure to cold. (harvard.edu)
  • We can't effectively piloerect, we can only make our skin bumpy. (fullcontactpoker.com)
  • Contraction of the muscles of the abdominal wall when the overlying skin is stimulated. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • As with larger muscles, contraction of the muscles in the skin (called arrectores pilorum) generates heat. (harvard.edu)
  • In humans, goose bumps are strongest on the forearms,[citation needed] but also occur on the legs, neck, and other areas of the skin that have hair. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, recent research has found that awe and piloerection do not frequently co-occur. (wikipedia.org)
  • Atrial fibrillation (AF or Afib) is a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia and the most common kind of arrhythmia. (lecturio.com)
  • Neutropenic fever is a common life-threatening complication of hematologic malignancies and in patients undergoing chemotherapy. (lecturio.com)
  • In humans, goose bumps can even extend to piloerection as a reaction to hearing nails scratch on a chalkboard, or feeling or remembering strong and positive emotions (e.g., after winning a sports event), or while watching a horror film. (wikipedia.org)
  • Such people tend to have the ability to increase their heart-rate and describe the event as a chill from the base of their skull down the body, that causes the increase in heart-rate and concurrent goose bumps on the skin especially the forearms which varies in duration. (wikipedia.org)
  • A skin condition that mimics goose bumps in appearance is keratosis pilaris. (wikipedia.org)
  • Goose bumps can be experienced in the presence of flash-cold temperatures, for example being in a cold environment, and the skin being able to re-balance its surface temperature quickly. (wikipedia.org)
  • Goose bumps are a piloerection fail. (fullcontactpoker.com)
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigiality Although, I am curious to hear what you think the new function of goose bumps is. (fullcontactpoker.com)
  • The term "goose bumps" is therefore misleading: the bumps on the skin of a plucked goose technically do not qualify as piloerection even though this is where the term comes from. (wikidoc.org)
  • Raised hackles, or when the fur between the shoulders and along a dog's spine stands up, is called piloerection and it is a very important part of how dogs communicate and regulate their body temperature. (pawsafe.com)
  • The peripheral thermoreceptors are located in the skin and sense surface temperatures, while central thermoreceptors are found in the viscera, spinal cord, and hypothalamus and sense the core temperature. (nih.gov)
  • It is important to note that temperature varies throughout the body, with the core body temperature being higher and more stable and the skin temperature being lower and more variable due to external factors. (nih.gov)
  • In bladder carcinoma, the most common finding is gross, painless hematuria. (rnpedia.com)
  • General term for inflammation of adipose tissue, usually of the skin, characterized by reddened subcutaneous nodules. (easyauscultation.com)
  • Aggression aimed toward people can vary in its severity, from hostile vocalization like hissing, snarling, or shrieking to piloerection body posture (arched back with hair standing on end). (cats.com)
  • vasoconstriction with dry, pale skin occurs below the level of injury. (merckmanuals.com)
  • The team first used drugs and genetic models to remove sympathetic nerves from the skin. (nih.gov)
  • Further experiments showed that removing sympathetic nerves reduced the amount of a chemical called norepinephrine in the skin. (nih.gov)
  • They are also common during heroin or other opiate withdrawal. (harvard.edu)
  • The most common origins are bladder and bowel. (medscape.com)
  • The work was funded in part by NIH's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). (nih.gov)
  • The somatic sensory division carries signals from receptors in the skin, muscles, bones and joints. (medscape.com)
  • Any of the reflexes initiated by several stimuli originating in widely separated receptors whose impulses follow the final common path to the effector organ and reinforce one another. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Body language includes dilated pupils, but also constricted pupils can indicate a predatory mode, sideways or backward facing ears, piloerection (fur stands up), skin ripples, arched back, or crouching low. (catbehaviorhelp.com)
  • The needle goes through the skin and into the muscle and there may be small blood vessels between these. (bestherbalhealth.com)
  • They used two different techniques to destroy arrector pili muscle in the skin while leaving nerves and stem cells intact. (nih.gov)
  • Soft tissue, muscle, and skin resist pressure to differing degrees. (medscape.com)
  • Generally, muscle is the least resistant and will become necrotic before skin breaks down. (medscape.com)
  • Piloerection can also be a response to cold temperatures. (pawsafe.com)
  • Overall, piloerection is a natural and normal response for dogs that serves various functions, from communication to thermoregulation. (pawsafe.com)
  • Piloerection is also a way for cold dogs to keep warm, and rarely, it happens during seizures. (pawsafe.com)
  • We investigated the use of electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to detect skin barrier dysfunction in children with AD of the CARE (Childhood AlleRgy, nutrition, and Environment) cohort. (bvsalud.org)
  • The most common risk of dry needling is puncturing a vessel and causing a small bruise, which lasts for about a day. (bestherbalhealth.com)
  • A small area of skin breakdown may represent only the tip of the iceberg, with a large cavity and extensive undermining of skin edges beneath. (medscape.com)
  • Contraction of the anal sphincter following irritation or stimulation of the skin around the anus. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Skin barrier dysfunction is associated with the development of atopic dermatitis (AD), however methods to assess skin barrier function are limited. (bvsalud.org)
  • Raised hair in dogs is also common in dogs that are extremely fearful, but still want to defend themselves. (pawsafe.com)
  • These mechanisms may have implications for reversing hair loss and understanding wound healing in the skin. (nih.gov)
  • The common and scientific names are due to authors working with dead specimens in which the skin on and around the nose has turned whitish. (bioexplorer.net)
  • In humans, it can even extend to piloerection as a reaction to hearing nails scratch on a chalkboard or listening to awe-inspiring music. (wikidoc.org)
  • Telepathy is a common gift that we all have unknowingly, and its abilities are much more natural than we think. (wowsciencefacts.com)
  • Unlike the regular fighters, these attackers wore no armour, but plunged into battle dressed in the skins of wolves or bears, taking advantage of the natural human fear of wild beasts. (diff.org)