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Why Does Your Arm Feel Cold When You Reach Inside

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Why does your arm feel cold when you reach inside the refrigerator to get a container of milk?


A) Circulating levels of prostaglandins increase.
B) The temperature of the blood circulating to the arm decreases.
C) Thermoreceptors send signals to the cerebral cortex where the change from room temperature to refrigerator temperature is transduced.
D) Thermoreceptors in the skin undergo accommodation, which increases their sensitivity.
E) Thermoreceptors send signals to the posterior hypothalamus.

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