Quiz 7
A danish study correlating the weights of 540 adopted children with various adoptive in biological relatives found that________
A higher correlation with biological relatives, then adoptive relatives
The brain find out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from__________
Activity of the vagus nerve
Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by________
Causing a high percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat
Axon from the satiety sensitive cells are the arcuate nucleus deliver an___________message to the paraventricular nucleus releasing________
Excitatory, Melanocortions
After eating, Valerie, small intestine, absorbs, excess water, and minerals
False
Sheila has trouble regulating her insulin levels. What might happen if her levels got high?
Glucose entry into the cells increases
There are many chemicals and brain areas that contribute to feeding and satiety. Why might this be?
Hanson has the answer
The term_______ refers to the temperature regulations and other biological processes that keep body variables within a fixed range
Homeothermic
A fever _______
Is part of the body's defense against illness
Why do both high levels and very low levels of insulin lead to increased eating?
Little glucose is reaching the cells to be used as fuel
The temperature required by reproductive cells of birds and most mammals is________
Lower than the rest of the body
The esophagus brings food from the________
Mouth to the stomach
For the most obese individuals, giving them leptin would________
Produce little effect
When neuropeptide Y inhibits the paraventricular nucleus it________
Produces extreme overheating
Homeostasis refers to the temperature regulation another biological processes that keep the body variables within a fix range
True
Most mammals are about the age of a weaning lose the intestinal enzyme lactase
True
The physiological changes that defend body temperature depend on areas in and near the hypothalamus
True
Valerie has a fever. This is caused by a change in the set point of her body temperature.
True
Which hormone controls the rate at which glucose leaves, the blood enters the cells?
insulin
A combination of the hormones aldosterone and angiotensin II leads to an increase in preference for ____ tastes.
salty
