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.
Taking a Temperature. Body heat is measured by taking a temperature with a thermometer. An. increase in temperature, called a fever, may be a sign of infection. The common scale used to measure body temperature in the United. States is degrees Fahrenheit (F). Other countries use degrees Centigrade. (C).