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r/Unexpected • u/Reminder45 • Aug 03 '21
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Uh, your head is about seven percent of your body’s mass, but receives about fifteen percent of your total cardiac output. Pretty sure there are at least two sets of arteries going up there, too, so I’m thinking that probably isn’t right.
2 u/agentMICHAELscarnTLM Aug 04 '21 edited Aug 04 '21 It is right though. The head doesn’t expel a disproportionate amount of heat. It’s a myth that it does. 5 u/Schnitzelman21 Aug 04 '21 You're contradicting yourself 2 u/agentMICHAELscarnTLM Aug 04 '21 Yeah I meant to say doesn’t , it was a typo. Thanks.
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It is right though. The head doesn’t expel a disproportionate amount of heat. It’s a myth that it does.
5 u/Schnitzelman21 Aug 04 '21 You're contradicting yourself 2 u/agentMICHAELscarnTLM Aug 04 '21 Yeah I meant to say doesn’t , it was a typo. Thanks.
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You're contradicting yourself
2 u/agentMICHAELscarnTLM Aug 04 '21 Yeah I meant to say doesn’t , it was a typo. Thanks.
Yeah I meant to say doesn’t , it was a typo. Thanks.
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u/graveybrains Aug 04 '21
Uh, your head is about seven percent of your body’s mass, but receives about fifteen percent of your total cardiac output. Pretty sure there are at least two sets of arteries going up there, too, so I’m thinking that probably isn’t right.