QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
What is the most important factor determining the effectiveness of evaporative heat loss
relative humidity
Exercise in the heat stimulates the release of antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin) in an effort to
conserve
water
During moderate exercise in hot and humid enviroment, which vascular beds receive the most blood
flow?
Skin
Endurance training causes sweat glands to
decrease electrolyte content of sweat secretion
Increased plasma volume with heat acclimation leads to
increased cardiac output and skin blood flow
Heat that the body gains from sitting on hot turf would be categorized as
conduction
As windchill becomes greater