Exam 6: Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

Eating is initiated by the:

Injecting 2-DG (a non-nutrient resembling glucose)into the hepatic portal vein:

If you had the inability to taste your food,which brain area might be having a problem?

The brain will be informed of the nutrients consumed via:

The main benefit of consumption of salty foods is:

The decrease in neural response with continued exposure to one taste is a mechanism that motivates the organism to change foods.

Genetic influences have been shown to be important for:

In the liver:

If you are suffering from a swollen and painful bump on your tongue,contrary to what you've been told you have an infected:

In the study reported in your text,when left to choose their own diets,human infants:

Sensation seeking is an essential component of:

Endothermic animals:

Glucoprivic hunger occurs when:

At least one pharmaceutical in development to treat obesity acts via interfering with the absorption of fat.

Leptin therapy for obesity has the attractive feature of not just increasing metabolism and reducing fat but also ___.

In what ways are hunger,thirst,and temperature regulation the same? In what ways are they different?

Prader-Willi syndrome is due to a defective transfer on chromosome ___ from which parent?

Nutrient deficiency is likely to produce:

Taste neurons pass from the receptors through the nucleus of the solitary tract in the medulla to the primary gustatory area.

When feeling depressed,eating a quart of "Chunky Monkey" ice cream might lift your spirits because: