Exam 17: Energy Balance and Temperature Regulation
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__________,one of the most potent appetite stimulators ever found,leads to increased food intake,thus promoting weight gain.
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Recent studies indicate that normal body temperature varies among individuals and varies throughout the day,ranging from 92.0°F in the morning to 99.9°F in the evening,with an overall average of 100°F.
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Some adipokines,like __________,are released only from visceral fat,the deep,"bad" fat that surrounds the abdominal organs.
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Heat always moves down a thermal gradient from a(n)__________ to a(n)__________ region.
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What internal body temperature is considered the upper limit compatible with life?
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What are the four mechanisms of heat transfer that the body uses?
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The __________ and axillary temperatures are comparable,whereas __________ temperature averages about 1°F higher.
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Multiple,highly integrated,redundant pathways crisscross into and out of the arcuate nucleus,indicative of the complex systems involved in feeding and satiety.
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Which list correctly orders energy expenditure from greatest to least amount of kcal/hr?
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What is the arbitrary boundary for being considered obese?
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figure 17-2
Use this figure (17-2)to answer the corresponding questions.
-Which number(s)in the figure represent the emission of heat energy in the form of electromagnetic waves?
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The term convection refers to the transfer of heat energy by air (or water)currents.
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Among American females 15 to 24 years old,the death rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate from all other causes.
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What law of thermodynamics states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed?
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What is the overall percent of nutrient derived energy that is lost as heat?
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At normal room temperature,how much more blood flows through the skin than is needed for nutritive purposes?
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Shivering consists of rhythmic,oscillating skeletal muscle contractions that occur at a rapid rate of 10 to 20 per second.
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Cells capture a portion of nutrient energy in the high-energy phosphate bonds of:
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