what response in the body causes blood vessels of the skin to narrow
Carbon dioxide is a by-product of respiration.] . This increase in respiration generates more waste heat to warm the body back up. Vasoconstriction occurs â the muscles in the wall of the blood vessels supplying the skin capillaries contract causing the blood vessel to constrict [constrict: To get narrow.] . This reduces the flow of blood into the capillaries and allows less blood to flow near the surface of the skin.