Mod 53

Question 1

What part of the brain signals hunger?

Answer 1

The hypothalamus

Question 2

What is the difference between the Lateral Hypothalamus and Ventromedial Hypothalamus?

Answer 2

1) Lateral - desire to eat
2) VM - sends “Im full” signals

Question 3

What is glucose?

Answer 3

a form of sugar that circulated in blood and is the major source of energy.

Question 4

What does insulin do?

Answer 4

Controls blood gluclose

Question 5

What does Ghrelin do?

Answer 5

Sends “Im hungry signals to the brain”

Question 6

What does orexin do?

Answer 6

activated by ghrelin; maintains wakefulness, arousal, and energy expenditure(calories burned a day).

Question 7

What does leptin do?

Answer 7

it signals the brain’s hypothalamus to suppress hunger and increase calories burned when fat stores are sufficient

Question 8

What does PYY do?

Answer 8

sends “I’m not hungry” signals

Question 9

What is a set point?

Answer 9

Our tendency to hover around a stable weight.
ex) weight rises = hunger lowers and calories consumed raises

Question 10

Carbs boost…

Answer 10

SEROTONIN

Question 11

What is the Basal Metabolic rate?

Answer 11

the minimum calories required daily to sustain essential life functions

Question 12

When around friends….

Answer 12

we become hungry even if we just ate

Question 13

At the end of your summer barbeque, you are feeling very full due to the activity of your

a. cerebellum.

b. arcuate nucleus.

c. hypothalamus.

d. hippocampus.

e. adrenal glands

Answer 13

c. hypothalamus.

Question 14

No matter how hard she tries to lose weight, Anne finds it difficult to drop below 145 pounds. The weight of 145 pounds is best described as Anne’s

a. neophobia.

b. basal metabolic rate.

c. body mass index.

d. PYY.

e. set point.

Answer 14

e. set point.

Question 15

Leptin, a protein that causes hunger when its levels are low, is secreted by

a. fat cells.

b. the pituitary gland.

c. the stomach.

d. the small intestine.

e. the large intestine.

Answer 15

a. fat cells.

Question 16

Dylan has a BMI of 36. She would best be described as

a. introverted.

b. below average on the Buoyant Mood Index.

c. normal in Basal Metabolism Index score.

d. extroverted.

e. obese.

Answer 16

e. obese.