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An Inuit Person from the Yukon Who Is Visiting Toronto

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An Inuit person from the Yukon who is visiting Toronto has come to the clinic during the hottest part of the day in July.It so happens that the clinic's air conditioning is not functioning,so the temperature inside the clinic is very high.Which of the following statements about sweating tendencies in the Inuit is true?


A) They sweat profusely all over the body because they are not used to hot temperatures.
B) They do not sweat because their diet is so high in roughage that their apocrine glands are less efficient in hot climates.
C) They will sweat more on their faces because this is an adaptation that has been made over time for survival in their environment.
D) They have an overabundance of eccrine sweat glands,so the nurse might expect them to have body odour because of the bacterial flora reacting with the apocrine sweat.

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