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Motivational behaviour Flashcards

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Which part of the brain detects blood osmolarity?

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The hypothalamus

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Osmoreceptor cells within with organ detect blood osmolality?

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Subfornical organ

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Describe the location of the subfornical organ

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In the wall of the third ventricle
Outside the blood brain barrier
Next to interventricular foramen

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How does stimulation of osmoreceptors in subfornical organ lead to behavioural thirst?

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Subfornical organ projects to medial preoptic nucleus of hypothalamus
This connects to limbic system and regulates sense of thirst
When medial preoptic nucleus is activated we feel subjectively thirsty

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Where can the subfornical organ activate cells?

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Paraventricular nucleus (third ventricle)
Supraoptic nucleus (above optic chiasm)
Medial preoptic nucleus
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What is the effect of activating cells in paraventricular nucleus and supraoptic nucleus?

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Release ADH and reduce urine flow

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What 3 effects does ADH have?

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1- additional aquaporins move into membrane of collecting duct epithelial cells
2- increase permeability of collecting duct to urea
3- stimulate sodium reabsorption by increasing activity of Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter

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By what 2 inputs does a non-obese person regulate their weight?

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1- regulation of input

2- reulating intestinal absoprtion by altering intestinal transit time

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Result of lesions in lateral hypothalamus in terms of weight?

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Anorexia

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Result of lesions in medial hypothalamus in terms of weight?

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Obesity

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What two structures does a medial hypothalamus lesion effect? What is the impact of this?

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Arcuate and periventricular nuclei

Causes overeating as no concept of satiety

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12
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Why do scientists think that a lateral lesion to hypothalamus leads to anorexia?

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There is an orexigenic centre (hunger centre) located here

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What are internal stimuli in terms of regulating weight?

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Contractions of stomach, levels of blood chemicals such as glucose

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What are external stimuli in terms of regulating weight?

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Sight and smell of food

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What role does the arcuate nucleus have in terms of weight regulation?

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Detection of internal cues such as blood hormones

Perojects to periventricular and ventromedial nuclei (satiety centre)

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16
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What is the result of arcuate lesions?

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Destroy ability to detect internal signals

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17
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What happens if you present an animal with arcuate lesion with palatable food?

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Will eat until physically cannot carry on: as no internal satiety signals

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What happens if you present an animal with arcuate lesion with non palatable food?

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It will starve to death as it can’t detect internal hunger signals

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19
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What produces ghrelin and where is it mainly found?

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Produced by oxyntic gland cells

Mainly found in fundus of the stomach and to a lesser degree in other parts of gut

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20
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Name 2 factors that cause ghrelin release

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Stomach contractions

High insulin levels

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21
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How does ghrelin stimulate eating

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Stimulates neurons in the arcuate nucleus that contain neuropeptide Y and agouti-related peptide
Project to periventricular nuclei and inhibit neurons there
Inhibits satiety and releases eating behaviour

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22
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How is ghrelin responsible for hedonic aspect of eating?

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Stimulates dopamine pathway in the brain

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23
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What does circulating leptin levels give brain a reading of?

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Total energy storage (total adipose tissue in the body)

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24
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What is a high circulating leptin level associated with?

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Chronically reduced appetite

25
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How may leptin levels relate to obesity?

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Relative leptin insensitivity causing chronic overeating

26
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How does leptin affect fertility?

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Low level of leptin prevent gonadotrophic hormones from being released

27
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When is cholecystokinin (CCK) secreted?

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Secreted in the duodenum when the chyme moves from stomach to duodenum

28
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What cells does CCK act upon?

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Dorsal part of arcuate nucleus to promote satiety

29
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Effect of release of CCK?

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Release of digestive enzymes from pancreas and bile from gallbladder

30
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What is the impact of release of glucogaon like peptide 1

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Produces rapid satiety by action on arcuate cells

Stimulates insulin secretion

31
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Where are oxyntomodulin and PYY released from?

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Enteroendocrine cells

32
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What is the impact of oxyntomodulin?

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Delays gastric emptying and decreases gastric acid secretion

33
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What is the impact of PYY?

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Increases ileal absorption, slows gastric emptying and delays gallbladder and pancreatic secretion

34
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Name the 4 main hormones that inhibit eating

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CCK, GLP-1, oxyntomodulin, PYY

35
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What happens when satiety-inducing hormones reach arcuate nucleus?

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Stimulate dorsolateral arcuate nucleus that contain pro-opiomelancortin
These neurons stimulate cells in periventricular satiety centre and stop feeding

36
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Define diuresis

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Production of urine by the kidney

37
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Define trigone

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The neck of the bladder

38
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How is urine expelled from the bladder during diuresis

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Detrusor muscles contract bladder

39
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What is the effect of sympathetic efferents travelling via hypogastric nerve on muscles to do with bladder?

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Maintains tonic contractions of internal urethral sphincter

Tonically inhibit contraction of detrusor muscle

40
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What muscle is internal urethral sphincter made of?

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Smooth

41
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What receptors mediate the excitatory and inhibitory effect of this innervation?

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Inhibitory on detrusor: beta receptors

Excitatory on sphincter: alpha receptors

42
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How is the filling of the bladder detected?

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Bladder becomes stretched

Stretch receptors detect stretch and activate afferents in the pelvic nerves

43
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Where do the afferents in the pelvic nerves synapse and what impact does this have?

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Afferents synapse on spinothalamic tract

This relays to genital area of somatosensory cortex to person has sense of bladder fullness

44
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What happens if the bladder is full but conditions are not appropriate for micturition?

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External urethral sphincter tightens

Lower motor neurons controlling this muscle run in the pudendal nerves

45
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What happens if bladder is full and conditions are appropriate for micturition?

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Signal sent from forebrain to pons where micturition centre is situated
nucleus activates the micturition reflex

46
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What happens during the micturition relflex?

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Activates descending fibres in reticulospinal tract– inhibits sympathetic and somatic output controlling sphincters
Activates parasympathetic efferents which stimulates detrsuor muscle in wall of bladder.
Causes bladder to contract and urine flows out

47
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How is it ensured that contraction continues until bladder empties?

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Once detrusor contraction begins, afferents in muscle increase activity by positive feedback so contraction continues until bladder is empty

48
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What receptors mediate contraction of bladder

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M3 type muscarinic receptors

49
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Where are the mucus secreting glands located in the anal canal?

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Below to pectinate or dentate line (grooved line where rectum meets anal canal)

50
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What surrounds the internal anal sphincter?E

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External anal sphincter (ring of skeletal muscle)

51
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What maintains continence?

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Tonic contraction of internal and external anal sphincters

52
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What receptors detect the filling of the sigmoid colon?

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Stretch receptors activated because when sigmoid colon fills it stretches the wall of the rectum

53
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Where do stretch receptors in the rectal wall synapse and what effect does this have?

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Afferents of stretch receptors synapse on cells in dorsal horn of sacral spinal cord
Transmitted via spinothalamic tract to genital area of somatosensory cortex

54
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What reflex does stretch of rectal afferents activate?

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Ano-rectal reflex

55
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What triggers the concious desire to defecate?

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Pressure increase on external anal sphincter

56
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What happens if the person decides not to defecate?

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Voluntary effort increases contraction of external sphincter and puborectalis muscle
Gradually, rectal afferent adapt to enlarged rectal dimensions and stops firing
Anorectal reflex ceases and internal anal sphincter contracts again

57
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When is urge to defecate increased again after deciding not to defecate?

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When next bolus of stool material arrives from sigmoid colon

58
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What happens when person decides to defecate?

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Allow external sphincter to relax
Movement of faeces down reduces stretch of upper park
Causes increased contraction of smooth muscle in this region
Propels faeces downward by peristalsis

59
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Is the ano-rectal reflex parasympathetic or sympathetic

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Para

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