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Wait a minute, so it means that at the surface of the skin, the arterioles are dilating/constricting rather than the capillaries?
oyeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! capillaries have a v narrow lumen, even sometimes RBCs have to bend to pass through them. so why would they be felt on the skin?
and yes y are right, its artrioles which contract and cause pulse.
 
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oyeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!! capillaries have a v narrow lumen, even sometimes RBCs have to bend to pass through them. so why would they be felt on the skin?
and yes y are right, its artrioles which contract and cause pulse.
wiki too says -->
  • Yes. Capillaries do constrict known as vaso constriction. This is when the body gets cold therefore the capillaries constrict so that no heat is lost through the skin. Capillaries also dilate, this is when the body is too warm. They dilate which means the blood comes to the surface and heat is lost by diffusion through the skin and into the atmosphere.
 
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