Exam 12: Ingestive Behavior

Which of the following would activate the volumetric thirst system without an action on osmometric thirst?

When depleted of water, individuals only drink a certain amount before stopping; they do not drink until their cells have received the needed fluid. Satiety mechanisms monitor ___________ and stop the behavior in anticipation of replenishment to occur later.

Detectors for glucose are located within the liver as well as the ________.

The ob mouse is obese because it lacks the gene that normally produces

The entry of ingested food into the duodenum can suppress further eating via

The effects of neuropeptide Y on ________ are localized within the ________.

It is considered a bad idea to skip breakfast because

Cholecystokinin

Which of these is a substance that would trigger hunger?

________ are stored in our long-term fuel reservoir.

____________ chemicals tend to decrease metabolic rate, and ____________ chemicals tend to increase it.

________ thirst refers to drinking provoked by the loss of blood plasma.

Compare and contrast the short- and long-term energy stores of the body.

Ghrelin acts on ________ neurons to stimulate feeding.

Describe the stimuli that induce volumetric thirst.

In the experiment by Tordoff and Friedman (1988), reduced eating in a hungry rat was noted after

Electrolytic lesions of the ventromedial hypothalamus ________, whereas electrical stimulation ________.

The suppression of plasma ghrelin levels by food reflects an action of food on the ________.

A key aspect of anorexia nervosa is

Zhang and colleagues report that ________ are mechanoreceptors that induce membrane ______.