Quiz 4 Form B

Front 1

Poikilothermic organisms include:

Back 1

amphibians and reptiles

Front 2

The way that mammals with damage to their preoptic area regulate their body temperature is similar to what other group?

Back 2

reptiles

Front 3

In Humans, a fever above ____ is life-threatening

Back 3

41°C (109°F)

Front 4

What is the hormone released by the posterior pituitary that causes your kidneys to reabsorb and conserve water?

Back 4

antidiuretic hormone

Front 5

The brain finds out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from:

Back 5

activity of the vagus nerve

Front 6

One way by which food in the duodenum inhibits appetite is by:

Back 6

releasing CCK

Front 7

Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by

Back 7

causing a high percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat

Front 8

Under what condition does orexin motivate animals to eat?

Back 8

when approaching starvation

Front 9

Animals eat more frequent (but normal size) meals after damage to the ____. They eat larger meals (but at normal frequency) after damage to the ____.

Back 9

ventromedial hypothalamus, paraventricular nucleus

Front 10

Which of the following is most likely an example of the organizing effects of sex hormones?

Back 10

masculinization of the brain

Front 11

What anatomical difference, other than sex organs, is reliably seen between males and females, even at an early age?

Back 11

size of parts of the hypothalamus

Front 12

Females with CAH may have benefited prenatally by treatment with:

Back 12

cortisol

Front 13

A genetic male who has low levels of testosterone or low responsiveness to it:

Back 13

may develop characteristics that are intermediate between a female and a male

Front 14

When a newborn baby is found to be intersexed, how have most authorities over the past few decades recommended raising the child?

Back 14

When in doubt, call the child female

Front 15

Some researchers found that the ____ was slightly larger in heterosexual than homosexual men

Back 15

size of one nucleus of the hypothalamus

Front 16

Individuals with pure autonomic failure:

Back 16

have diminished intensity of emotion, but still report cognitive aspects of it

Front 17

The Behavioral Activation System is associated with:

Back 17

low to moderate arousal, tendency to approach new objects, and pleasant mood

Front 18

Some cats "play" with a mouse before killing it. How can this kind of behavior best be explained?

Back 18

a conflict between attack and escape behaviors

Front 19

The precursor for the synthesis of serotonin is

Back 19

tryptophan

Front 20

A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it is a definition of:

Back 20

stress