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Show Cause of GooMfleah. Oooseflesh is the contraction of the little muscles, culled srrector papillae, which are found penetrating the bulbs In the skin at the base of every balr on the human body. These muscles are contracted in response to nervous Impulses from the "sympathetic" nervous nerv-ous system. It has always been thought that only exposure to cold or nervous shock could cause gooseflesh, but recent experiments show that If a person plunges the lower half of the body suddenly Into pleasantly warm water goosetlesh will appear. |