KROK 1 2013 – Question 51 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
The temperature in a production room is 36°C. Relative air humidity is 80%. Under these conditions the human body transfers heat mainly through:
- A. Convection
- B. Heat conduction
- C. Sweat evaporation
- D. Radiation
- E. -
Hint
Compare the room temperature with skin temperature and ask which routes of heat loss still work when the surroundings are as warm as the body.
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