Eating

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Eating

• Practice Questions

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The short-term fuel reservoir is located in ___
and is filled with ___.

• a. adipose tissue triglycerides
• b. digestive tract amino acids
• c. pancreas glucose
• d. The cells of the liver and muscles glycogen

3
As recorded in their diaries, subjects ate the
most food when

• a. the food was familiar.
• b. the food had a sweet taste.
• c. other people were present.
• d. they ate alone.

4
By injecting glucose and fructose into the
hepatic portal vein, researchers confirmed that
the liver

• a. contains receptors that respond when the
  liver receives nutrients from the intestines.
• b. metabolizes sugars.
• c. is the first organ to signal satiety.
• d. breaks down fatty acids.

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Lesions of the ___ produce ___ and lesions of the
___ abolish ____.

• a. lateral hypothalamus hunger ventromedial
  hypothalamus satiety
• b. ventromedial hypothalamus overeating
  lateral hypothalamus eating
• c. paraventricular nucleus overeating
  ventromedial hypothalamus undereating
• d. Ventromedial hypothalamus satiety
  paraventricular nucleus obesity

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Appetite can be suppressed by the activation of
receptors for

• a. CCK, serotonin, and MCH.
• b. NPY, leptin, and MC-4.
• c. leptin, serotonin, and CART.
• d. CCK, NPY, and CART.

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Anorexics have ___ and cerebrospinal fluid that
contains ___ levels of ___.

• a. an intense fear of becoming obese elevated
  neuropeptide Y
• b. no response to food decreased
  cholecystokinin (CCK)
• c. no hunger elevated fenfluramine
• d. less of a need for calories because of
  reduced physical activity decreased leptin