Band cells are the immature form of neutrophils and are produced rapidly during an infection. A large percentage of band cells in a venous blood sample indicate an infectious process occurring in the body.
Sensitivity to temperature is a skin sense that is related to the human need to maintain internal temperature balance or thermal homeostasis. Temperature sensitivity is important in protecting one's self from intense temperature that may cause damage to the body.
What is SENSITIVITY? General term for ratio of response in time and/or magnitude to a driving force or stimulus, eg galvanometer response to a current, or the minimum signal required by a ratio of output level to illumination in a camera tube or photocell, Related Terms.