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  • Title: [Mechanism of heat transfer in various regions of human body].
    Author: Luchakov IuI, Nozdrachev AD.
    Journal: Izv Akad Nauk Ser Biol; 2009; (1):64-9. PubMed ID: 19239114.
    Abstract:
    The processes of heat transfer in a human body were studied with the use of a mathematical model. It has been shown that only conductive or only convective heat transfer may occur in different body areas. The rate of blood-mediated heat transfer in the presence of blood circulation is many times higher than heat transfer due to temperature gradient; therefore, the convective process prevails over the conductive process. The body core contains a variety of blood vessels, and the bulk of blood concentrates there in the norm. Hence, heat transfer in it is mainly convective. In surface tissues, where the rate of blood circulation is lower and the vasculature has certain specific features, heat transfer is mainly conductive. Hence, the core and surface tissues are absolutely different body zones in terms of heat transfer.
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