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Multiple Choice Question: Profuse sweating take place during heavy muscular exercise. The reason is:
Options
To excrete excessive amount of sodium chloride
To eliminate excessive lactic acid produced due to anaerobic metabolism
To regulate the temperature of the body
All of these
Solution
All of these
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