• skin is a part of innate immunity.it is one of the first line defensive mechanism in our body..but in this course we will focus on that how skin plays an important part in maintaining body temperature.

body temprature is the byproduct of all the physical and chemical reations in our body..so a constant internal as well as external body temperature is necessary to maintain the body functions.

in the end studentswill be able to understand the mechanism of

•  heat loss
• heat production
• sweating
• panting
• aclimatization
• shivering
• controll of temperature by hypothaamus and
• thyroxine role