Water Loss from Insensible Perspiration

question 34

Multiple Choice

Water loss from insensible perspiration

• A) is unaffected by damage to the epidermis.
• B) is too small to be measured reliably.
• C) is approximately 0.5 liters a day.
• D) always exceeds sensible perspiration.
• E) depends on apocrine sweat glands.

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Definitions:

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response from an organism.

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic responses or anxiety through gradual exposure to the feared object or situation coupled with relaxation exercises.

Counterconditioning

A behavioral therapy technique that involves teaching the patient to associate a positive response with a stimulus that previously elicited a negative response.

CS

Stands for "Conditioned Stimulus," which is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.