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The formation of goose bumps in humans under stress is considered by some to be a vestigial reflex, [4] though visible piloerection is associated with changes in skin temperature in humans. [5] The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex, or, more traditionally, [6] horripilation.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
In fact the word "horror" comes from a Latin word meaning "to bristle with fear." Horripilation is the technical term for goosebumps. They got their name because they look like the skin of a ...
Each arrector pili is composed of a bundle of smooth muscle fibres which attach to several follicles (a follicular unit). [4] Each is innervated by the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. [4]
Why exactly do we get goosebumps when we're cold or experiencing strong emotions? Here’s what experts say.
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The sudden startled arm-jerking response sometimes experienced when on the verge of sleeping is known as the hypnic jerk.. The evolutionary explanation for the existence of the hypnic jerk is unclear, but a possibility is that it is a vestigial reflex humans evolved when they usually slept in trees.
Move over, Justin Long: David Schwimmer is next in line to take on author R.L. Stine’s weird and wild universe of things that go bump in the night. At New York Comic Con Sunday, Disney+ released ...