1. Insulin levels are maximal during which of the following phases of the body's
reaction to feeding behavior? Choose the correct option.
A) Cephalic
B) Gastric
C) Substrate
D) Digestion
2. Hypothalamic neurons maintain homeostasis by responding to a sensory stimulus with
humoral, visceromotor, and somatic motor responses. Which of the following
describes the humoral response? Choose the correct option.
A) Adjusting the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic outputs of the
ANS B) Inciting an appropriate somatic motor behavioral response
C) Stimulating or inhibiting the release of pituitary hormones
D) Regulating feedback to the central nervous system
3. Anorexia can result from damage to which of the following parts of the brain?
Choose the correct option.
A) Dorsal thalamus
B) Ventromedial hypothalamus
C) Vascular organ of lamina terminalis
D) Lateral hypothalamus
4. Which of the following is the process of breaking down complex macromolecules?
Choose the correct option.
A) Catabolism
B) Anabolism
C) Adiposity
D) Prandial state
5. Which neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus respond to an increase in
blood leptin levels? Choose the correct option.
A) NPY/AgRP neurons
B) aMSH/CART neurons
C) Adipocytes
D) TSH/ACTH neurons
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