Title

Cutaneous Blood Flows In Calf, Forearm, Cheek And Ear During Changing Ambient Temperature

Date

1961

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

WADD TR 61-190

Creator

Senay, Leo C., Jr.

Hertzman, Alrick B.

Christensen, Margaret L.

Corporate Author

St. Louis University

Laboratory

Biomedical Laboratory

Extent

20

Identifier

AD0267104

AD0267104

Access Rights

ASTIA

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(616)-7077

DoD Project

7164

DoD Task

71830

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Abstract

When seminude subjects were exposed to heat, the onset of cutaneous vasodilatation occurred simultaneously in the calf, forearm, cheek and ear. Progress of vasodilatation in the calf and toe often differed from that in the forearm, cheek and ear. Vasodilatation in the calf was either small or stabilized early while the forearm vessels continued to dilate markedly. One subject, a "poor" sweater with unusually high skin temperatures, repeatedly presented an exception in that vasodilatation in the calf exceeded that in the forearm. The usual failure of skin temperature to rise as much in the calf as in the forearm appeared to be related to the lesser cutaneous vasodilatation. There was no evidence that local sweating elicited local vasodilatation.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1961-03

Publisher

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Biomedical Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force

Index Abstract

Contrails and DTIC

Provenance

IIT

Type

report

Format

1 online resource