True about shunt vessels
Correct Answer: Play a role in thermoregulation
Description: Shunt vessels are sho, low resistance connection between aerioles and veins,allowing blood to bypass capillaries in ceain areas These vessels are especially found in skin of finger, toes, and earlobes where they play a major role in thermoregulation Ref: Medical Physiology Indu Khurana 2015 edition, Page No:237 Shunt vessels can control blood flow by constriction and dilatation . In endotherms the shunt vessels dialate in response to cold,this cause more heat to be carried by blood to the skin where it can be lost to the air and preventing heat loss through the skin once body temperature has returned to normal.
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