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Being the body's outermost organ, the skin is able to regulate the body's temperature by controlling how the body interacts with its environment. All BUT ONE statement describes a process involved with temperature regulation

A) When the body experiences hyperthermia, the skin is able to reduce body
temperature through sweating and vasodilation.
B) Sweat produced by sudoriferous glands delivers water to the surface of the
body where it begins to evaporate and cool the body.
C) Hair follicles have small bundles of smooth muscle attached to their base
called arrector pili muscles. The arrector pili form goose bumps that help
cool the body.
D) When the body experiences hypothermia, the skin is able to raise body
temperature through vasoconstriction. Smooth muscles in the dermis blood
vessels contract to reduce the flood of blood to the skin.

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