Blushing. Cut-away computer illustration of a human chest and head demonstrating the mechanism behind blushing. Certain emotions, such as embarrassmen

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Blushing. Cut-away computer illustration of a human chest and head demonstrating the mechanism behind blushing. Certain emotions, such as embarrassment, trigger the sympathetic trunk of the nervous system (green). The nerves stimulate blood vessels near the skin to dilate, causing redness.

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Size: 3644px × 6004px
Photo credit: © CLAUS LUNAU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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