9.6-9.7

Question 1

• A hormone secreted by the
  pancreas to control the levels of fats,
  proteins, and carbohydrates in the body
  by reducing the level of glucose in the
  bloodstream.

Answer 1

Insulin

Question 2

• Hormones that are
  secreted by the pancreas to control the
  level of fats, proteins, and
  carbohydrates in the body by increasing
  the level of glucose in the bloodstream.

Answer 2

Glucagons

Question 3

The particular level
of weight that the body tries to
maintain.

Answer 3

Weight set point -

Question 4

• The rate
  at which the body burns energy when
  the organism is resting.

Answer 4

Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

Question 5

The ___ plays an important
role in controlling various motivational
stimuli, including hunger, through its
influence on the pituitary gland.

Answer 5

hypothalamus

Question 6

___ is
implicated in stopping the eating
response when glucose levels rise.

Answer 6

Ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)

Question 7

Damage to the VMH can lead to
continuous overeating, resulting
in __.

Answer 7

obesity

Question 8

___ appears to
influence the onset of eating when
insulin levels increase.

Answer 8

Lateral hypothalamus (LH)

Question 9

Damage to the LH can cause rats
to stop eating to the point of
___.

Answer 9

starvation

Question 10

Both the VMH and LH are involved in
the production of____, a
neuropeptide crucial in appetite control.

Answer 10

orexin-A

Question 11

___ - A condition in which the body
weight of a person is 20 percent or more
over the ideal body weight for that
person’s height (actual percentages
vary across definitions)

Answer 11

Obesity

Question 12

___- A condition in
which a person reduces eating to the
point that a weight loss of 15 percent
below the ideal weight or more occurs.

Answer 12

Anorexia nervosa

Question 13

___ - A condition in which
a person develops a cycle of “binging”
or overeating enormous amounts of
food at one sitting, and “purging” or
deliberately vomiting after eating.

Answer 13

Bulimia nervosa -

Question 14

__ - A hormone that, when released
into the bloodstream, signals the
hypothalamus that the body has had
enough food and reduces the appetite
while increasing the feeling of being full.

Answer 14

Leptin

Question 15

__ may play a role in
anorexia and bulimia, as well as
insensitivity to leptin.

Answer 15

Genetics