Exam 4: Endocrine Control and Homeostasis in the Human Body

The process of maintaining the biochemical balance or equilibrium throughout human body is referred as:

Lateral hypothalamus (LH) is otherwise known as:

Physiologists use the term homeostasis to describe the body's tendency to maintain a balance or equilibrium among it's:

Any drug capable of effecting behaviour is called

A motive that is primarily learned rather than basing on biological needs is known as:

Injections of glucose (which raise blood sugar level):

Homeostasis is the overall term for equilibrium preserving tendencies with an organism by which:

Obesity is thought to stem from disturbances during the:

Studies indicated that the hypothalamus contains cells (glucoreceptors) sensitive to the rate of which:

The main erotogenic zone of our body is:

A pituitary hormone associated with the secretion of milk is known as:

Which of the following could NOT serve as an operational definition for anger?

Injections of insulin (which lower blood sugar level):

Sex is a:

The manufacture of adrenalin and noradrenalin is controlled by:

Those internal mechanisms of the body which, by controlling numerous highly complicated physiological processes, keep it in a state of equilibrium are known as:

An empty stomach produces the periodic contractions of muscles in the stomach wall which we identify as:

Water deficit in the body increases the concentration of:

Dehydration of the osmoreceptors can be produced by depriving the organism of:

Electrical stimulation of ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) cells: