Hunger

Question 1

glucose

Answer 1

important for bodily function, is preffered method of energy for the brain

Question 2

glycogen

Answer 2

released between meals some in muscles, but mostly in liver, insulin helps regulate

Question 3

glucose storage as glycogen

Answer 3

increase in blood sugar, insulin is secreted, uptake of glucose, eventually decrease in blood sugar, liver converts glycogen to glucose

Question 4

insulin secretion

Answer 4

when blood sugar high, body secretes insulin which causes uptake of glucose by cells

Question 5

low blood sugar = …

Answer 5

glycogen breakdown

Question 6

datiety

Answer 6

feeling of fullness

Question 7

NPY

Answer 7

a hunger cue that signal to your body to engage in food seeking behaviours, increase in level of activity in hypothalmus

Question 8

CKK

Answer 8

responsible for short term satiety released from small intestine, acts on brain

Question 9

adipose tissue is an

Answer 9

organ

Question 10

leptin

Answer 10

influences hunger and satiety, adipose tissue secretes leptin, OB gene regulates leptin production.

Question 11

leptin resistance

Answer 11

not in humans

Question 12

leptin and NPY

Answer 12

interact to regulate the weight to optimal levels. leptin inhibits NPY actions. leads to decreased appetite

Question 13

NPY promotes increase _____ consumption

Answer 13

carb

Question 14

endogenous opioids

Answer 14

morphine-like actions within the body, Naloxone decreases intake of saccharin, sucrose, and saline by blocking opioids

Question 15

body protects itself from …

Answer 15

weight loss more than weight gain

Question 16

universal taste response

Answer 16

sweet: smile

bitter / sour: reject, unhappy

Question 17

taste preference allows you to know …

Answer 17

what is safe to eat

Question 18

taste sensitivity

Answer 18

can be due to the number of tastebuds

pregnant women are especially sensitive to sweet and bitter especially in the first tri.

Question 19

taste + smell =

Answer 19

flavor

Question 20

sweet

Answer 20

energy rich

Question 21

salt

Answer 21

essential electrolytes

Question 22

sour / bitter

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warn of spoiled or harmful food

Question 23

umami

Answer 23

savoury

Question 24

each taste bud has proportion of

Answer 24

all 5 taste receptors on it

Question 25

can distinguish about _____ smells

Answer 25

10 000

Question 26

odorant molecules in air bind to

Answer 26

smell receptors

Question 27

1 smell receptor recieves input from ____ cilia

Answer 27

10 - 20

Question 28

a specific cell activates

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a unique pattern of firing across olfactory receptor cells

Question 29

what is the “alarm bell” that is important for survival

Answer 29

amygdala

Question 30

brain responds to eating very similar to

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addictive stimuli

Question 31

food is engineered to be

Answer 31

irresistable

Question 32

more developed a population means

Answer 32

increased obesity

Question 33

social factors influence

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portion size and speed on consumption

Question 34

bottomless soup eat ~___% more

Answer 34

50

Question 35

increased BMI = _____

Answer 35

decreased dopamine receptors

Question 36

olfactory bulb

Answer 36

area of the brain where the smell is first transduced from a chemical signal to an electrical signal.
contains glomeruli