Sentence examples for conserve body from inspiring English sources

Nearby we see another eastern garter snake, coiled to conserve body heat.

The fabric, like that animal's unusual coat, is a mix of long coarse strands and short downy fibers, which work together to conserve body heat.

In snowsports, however, much of the day is spent standing in queues and sitting on chairlifts, and at those times it's important to conserve body heat.

Birds and mammals can conserve body heat by fluffing up feathers or erecting their hairs and by reducing blood flow to the exterior surface and extremities.

Among the reasons: a decrease in circulation as the walls of the blood vessels lose their elasticity and the thinning of the fat layer under the skin that helps conserve body heat.

Contour feathers (including the flight and tail feathers) define the body outline and serve as aerodynamic devices; filoplumes (hair feathers) and plumules (down feathers) are used principally as insulation, to conserve body heat.

Vasopressin raises blood pressure and increases reabsorption of water from the kidneys, thus conserving body water and defending against dehydration.

The most important function of hair in mammals is that of insulating against cold by conserving body heat.

The hierarchical structure of GRNs provides a mechanistic explanation for the evolutionary patterns we observe at the organismal level, such as some traits that are highly conserved (body plan characters) and some traits that vary greatly among organisms.

Now, scientists using a technique once reserved for climatologists have found that big four-legged dinos had body temperatures similar to those of mammals evidence that they either were warm-blooded or were better at conserving body heat than modern reptiles are.

Chaetognaths appear to have a relatively simple, conserved body plan, with few complex internal structures.