Test 2

Question 1

Refers to temperature regulation and other biological processes that keep certain body variables within a fixed range.

Answer 1

Homeostasis

Question 2

Refers to a single value that the body works to maintain.

Answer 2

A set point

Question 3

Processes that reduce discrepancies from the set point.

Answer 3

Negative feedback

Question 4

Refers to the adaptive way in which the body changes its set point in response to changes in life or the environment.

Answer 4

Allostasis

Question 5

The energy used to maintain a constant body temperature while at rest.

Answer 5

Basal metabolism

Question 6

What two hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary?

Answer 6

Oxytocin and Vasopressin

Question 7

What hormones does the anterior pituitary release?

Answer 7

ACTH, TSH, FSH, LH, Prolactin, and GH.
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Question 8

What controls the amount of hormone released, influencing the hypothalamus to decrease their secretion?

Answer 8

Feedback loops

Question 9

What 3 nutrients are specialized forms of energy reserves?

Answer 9

Lipids, Amino acids, and Glucose

Question 10

What conveys information about the stretching of the stomach walls to the brain?

Answer 10

The vagus nerve

Question 11

What conveys information about the nutrient contents of the stomach?

Answer 11

The splanchnic nerves

Question 12

What two pancreas hormones have control over food intake?

Answer 12

Insulin and Glucagon

Question 13

What is secreted between meals, when tissue needs energy?

Answer 13

Glucagon

Question 14

What hormone is secreted from the duodenum and sends a satiety signal to the brain?

Answer 14

CCK, or Cholecystokinin

Question 15

What peptide is produced by adipose tissue and is associated with activity and reduced eating?

Answer 15

Leptin

Question 16

Failure to eat, either due to unwillingness or motor difficulty.

Answer 16

Aphagia

Question 17

The “feeding center” of the hypothalamus.

Answer 17

The lateral hypothalamus or LH

Question 18

The “satiety center” of the hypothalamus.

Answer 18

The ventromedial hypothalamus or VMH

Question 19

What part of the hypothalamus controls meal size?

Answer 19

The paraventricular nucleus, or PVN

Question 20

A thirst resulting from eating salty foods.

Answer 20

Osmotic thirst

Question 21

A thirst resulting from loss of fluids due to bleeding or sweating.

Answer 21

Hypovolemic thirst

Question 22

What is the anti-diuretic hormone?

Answer 22

Vasopressin, or VP

Question 23

What areas of the brain are predominantly involved in body temperature regulation?

Answer 23

The preoptic area and the anterior hypothalamus

Question 24

What method of temperature regulation do cold blooded critters use?

Answer 24

Poikilothermic

Question 25

Study of the ways drugs affect the nervous system and behavior.

Answer 25

Psychopharmacology

Question 26

What are the weak points in the BBB?

Answer 26

The area postrema, the pineal gland, and the pituitary.

Question 27

The tendency of a drug to activate the receptor.

Answer 27

Efficacy

Question 28

What is a recreationally used adenosinergic antagonist?

Answer 28

Caffeine

Question 29

Cocaine and meth are recreationally used drugs of what primary transmitter system?

Answer 29

Dopaminergic Agonists

Question 30

Nearsightedness in decision making is called what?

Answer 30

Behavioral myopia

Question 31

Where is the decision to take a drug made?

Answer 31

The frontal cortex

Question 32

Which form of alcoholism is earlier onset?

Answer 32

Type II

Question 33

Why can glutamate-like drugs be toxic?

Answer 33

Excitotoxicity, which excites a cell to death

Question 34

What is the genotype of Turner Syndrome?

Answer 34

X0

Question 35

What is the genotype of Klinefelter’s?

Answer 35

XXY

Question 36

When do most organizing effects occur?

Answer 36

At sensitive stages of development.