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Appetite Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 main triggers of the control of thirst?

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  • plasma osmolality
  • reduced blood volume
  • reduced blood pressure
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What is the most potent stimulus for thirst control?

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Plasma osmolality

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What change in plasma osmolality is required to induce thirst?

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2-3%

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What change in blood volume/arterial pressure is required to induce thirst?

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10-15%

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How does the body regulate osmolality?

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Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)/vasopressin

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Where does ADH act?

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  • on the kidneys to regulate the volume and osmolality of urine
  • collecting duct, V2 receptor
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What happens when ADH is low?

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large volumes of urine is excreted (water diuresis)

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What happens when ADH is high?

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small volumes of urine are excreted (anti-diuresis)

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Where is ADH stored?

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in the posterior pituitary gland

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How does the body measure osmolality?

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via osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus

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What are osmoreceptors? DELETE

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  • sensory receptors
  • involved in osmoregulation
  • found in the hypothalamus
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12
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Where are osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus?

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  • Organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT)
  • Subfornical Organ (SFO)
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How is ADH release regulated in a dehydrated condition?

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  • cells shrink when plasma is more concentrated
  • the proportion of cation channels increases, and the membrane depolarizes
  • sends signals to ADH producing cells to increase ADH
  • fluid retention, invokes drinking
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14
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How is ADH release regulated in a hydrated condition?

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  • cells expand when plasma is less concentrated
  • cation channels are inhibited, the membrane is hyperpolarised
  • inhibits signals
  • excretion of fluid
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15
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What causes a decrease in thirst?

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drinking

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16
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What detects that drinking has occured in order to stop thirst?

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receptors in the mouth, pharynx and oesophagus

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17
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When is thirst completely satisfied?

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when plasma osmolality is decreased or blood volume/arterial pressure is corrected

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18
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What type of relief is provided by mouth/pharynx/oesophagus receptors?

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temporary

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19
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What else can prompt thirst?

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  • habit
  • cravings
  • desire
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What are the negatives of excessive fluid consumption?

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  • energy wastage
  • decreased plasma osmolarity
  • interference with nutrient absorption (dependent/driven by sodium)
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What system responds to changes in blood pressure/volume?

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the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

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22
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What happens when blood pressure drops?

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juxtaglomerular apparatus secretes renin

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23
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Where is the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

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The hilus of the glomerulus

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24
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What happens when renin is released?

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activates the renin-angiotensin system by cleaving angiotensinogen into angiotensin I

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25
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What secretes angiotensinogen?

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the liver

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26
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What happens to angiotensin I?

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it is converted into angiotensin II by (angiotensin converting enzyme) in the lungs

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27
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What is the effects of angiotensin II?

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  • induces thirst
  • release of aldosterone
  • ADH secretion
  • vasoconstriction (increased sympathetic activation)
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28
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What does aldosterone do?

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Influences:
- sodium reabsorption
- potassium excretion
and therefore, 
- water retention
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29
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What happens when there is a reduction in fat mass?

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  • increase in food intake
  • reduction in energy expenditure
  • reduces the effect of the thyroid gland
  • sympathetic inhibition
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30
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What happens when there is adipose tissue expansion?

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  • reduces food intake
  • increases energy expenditure
  • sympathetic activation
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31
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What is the impact of changes in adipose tissue?

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activates responses that favour the return to the previous/original weight

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32
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Which part of the brain regulates hunger?

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hypothalamus

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33
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What are the 2 main gut hormones involved in appetite regulation (peripheral signalling)?

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  • Ghrelin
  • PYY
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34
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What is the long term hormonal appetite regulation?

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leptin system

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35
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What are the 3 main factors involved in appetite regulation?

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  • Ghrelin/PYY
  • neural input from periphery/other brain regions
  • Leptin
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36
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What does orexigenic mean?

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appetite stimulant

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37
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What does anorectic mean?

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appetite supressive

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38
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What is the role of the arcuate nucleus?

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  • regulation of food intake
  • both orexigenic and anorectic
  • integrates peripheral and central feeding signals
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39
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How does the arcuate nucleus allow access to peripheral hormones?

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Incomplete blood-brain barrier

40
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What are the two neuronal populations of the arcuate nucleus?

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  • stimulatory NPY/AGRP neuron
  • inhibitory POMC neuron
41
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What is the role of the paraventricular nucleus?

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  • neurones to the posterior pituitary (oxytocin)
  • regulates appetite
42
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What is the role of the lateral hypothalamus?

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produces orexigenic peptides

43
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What is the role of the ventromedial hypothalamus?

A

satiety

44
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What is the effect of lesions in the ventromedial hypothalamus?

A

severe obesity

45
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What is the effect of arcuate nucleus pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurones?

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reduced food intake

46
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What is also thought to be implicated in appetite regulation?

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  • endocannabinoids
  • AMP (activated protein kinase)
  • protein tyrosine phosphokinase
47
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Where are NPY/Agrp neurones found?

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only in the arcuate nucleus

48
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How do NPY/Agrp neurones stimulate food intake?

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make peptides that:
- increase NPY signaling
- reducing melanocortin signaling
by AGRP release

49
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What is ARGP?

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an endogenous melanocortin receptor antagonist

50
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What can activate NPY/Agrp neurones?

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decrease in:

  • leptin
  • insulin
51
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What conditions cause an increase in food intake by impacting the NPY/Agrp neurones?

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  • fasting
  • uncontrolled diabetes
  • genetic leptin deficiency
52
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What is the arcuate nucleus involved in?

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  • feeding
  • fertility
  • cardiovascular regulation
53
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What is in the central melanocortin system?

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  • NPY
  • AGRP neurones
  • POMC
54
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What are melanocortins?

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products of the POMC

55
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What is an example of melanocortin

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alpha-MSH

56
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What is the role of the central melanocortin system?

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central regulator of energy balance
including:
- feeding behaviours
- energy expenditure

57
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Where are melanocortin-4 receptors expressed?

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paraventricular nucleus

58
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What stimulates melanocortin-4 receptors?

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serotonin

59
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What is the effect of the stimulation of melanocortin-4 receptors?

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  • reduction of appetite
  • weight loss
  • reduced food intake
60
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What has a encouraging/stimulating effect on melanocortin-4 receptor?

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alpha-MSH

61
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What has a inhibiting effect on melanocortin-4 receptor?

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Agrp

62
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What is the effect of Agrp and NPY mutations?

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No associated effects to appetite

63
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What is the effect of POMC deficiency and MC4-R mutations?

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causes morbid obesity

64
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What role does the amygdala play?

A

controls reward related motivation pathways, affects appetite

65
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How is neural information from the digestive tract passed on to the hypothalamus?

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carried by the vagus to the brain stem and eventually the hypothalamus

66
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What is the adipostat mechanism?

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  • circulating hormones are produced by adipose tissue (more=more hormone)
  • concentration sensed by the hypothalamus
  • hypothalamus alters neuropeptides to change food intake
67
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What produces leptin?

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  • adipocytes in white adipose tissue
  • enterocytes
68
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What does leptin do?

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  • acts on the hypothalamus
  • decreases appetite (intake)
  • increases thermogenesis (expenditure)
69
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When is leptin low or high?

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  • low when low body fat
  • high when high body fat
70
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Where in the hypothalamus does leptin act?

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  • arcuate nuclei
  • ventromedial nuclei
71
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What is the role of leptin?

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  • regulation of adipose tissue mass
  • development of atherosclerosis (innate system)
72
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What conditions have been associated with low levels of leptin?

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  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Depression
73
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What happens in congenital leptin deficiency?

A

RARE
morbid/severe obesity
low serum leptin levels

74
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How can congenital leptin deficiency be managed?

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leptin replacement to reduce body weight

75
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What happens to serum leptin in obesity?

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  • serum leptin concentration is correlated to the body fat %
  • obesity due to leptin resistance
76
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What are the mechanisms of leptin in obesity?

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  • absent leptin
  • leptin resistance
  • regulatory defect in leptin (signalling issue)
77
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Would leptin be an effective weight control drug?

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No, due to leptin resistance

78
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What reduces hunger after a meal?

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hormonal signalling from the gut

79
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What secretes gut hormones?

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enteroendocrine cells in:

  • stomach
  • pancreas
  • small intestine
80
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What are the roles of the gut hormones?

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  • motility regulation
  • appetite regulation
  • satiety
  • salivation
81
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What is the effect of Ghrelin?

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  • stimualtes appetite
  • increases gastric emptying
82
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What is the effect of Peptide YY?

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inhibits food intake

83
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When is Ghrelin highest?

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  • before meals
  • increases gastric motility and acid secretion
  • prepares for food intake
84
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What impact does Ghrelin have in the hypothalamus?

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  • stimulates NPY/Agrp neurones
  • inhibits POMC neurones
85
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What does Ghrelin regulate?

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  • reward
  • taste sensation
  • memory
  • circadian rhythm
  • increases appetite
86
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What rhythm is seen by Ghrelin levels?

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diurnal rhythm

87
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What does circulating Ghrelin correlate with?

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  • time of day
  • positive with age
88
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What is the physiological role of Ghrelin?

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meal initiation

89
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Where is Peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY) released?

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  • terminal ileum and colon
  • response to feeding
90
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What is the effect of PYY in the hypothalamus?

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  • stimulates POMC neurones
  • inhibits NPY release
91
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What types of food trigger PYY release?

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  • dietary fibres
  • wholegrains
  • enzymatic breakdown of crude fish proteins
92
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What does PYY do?

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induces satiety/reduces appetite

93
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What is the degree of PYY release proportional to?

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calorie intake

94
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What are the side effects of PYY?

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  • nausea
  • fullness
  • less hunger
  • early fullness
95
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What co-morbidities are associated with obesity?

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  • depression
  • stroke
  • sleep apnoea
  • MI
  • hypertension
  • diabetes
  • bowel cancer
  • osteoarthritis
  • peripheral vascular disease
  • gout
96
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Which factors are most dominant in terms of increasing risk of obesity?

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environmental factors and genetic predisposition

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