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Poikilothermic organisms include: |
amphibians and reptiles |
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The way that mammals with damage to their preoptic area regulate their body temperature is similar to what other group? |
reptiles |
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In Humans, a fever above ____ is life-threatening |
41°C (109°F) |
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What is the hormone released by the posterior pituitary that causes your kidneys to reabsorb and conserve water? |
antidiuretic hormone |
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The brain finds out about the degree of stretch of the stomach from: |
activity of the vagus nerve |
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One way by which food in the duodenum inhibits appetite is by: |
releasing CCK |
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Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by |
causing a high percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat |
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Under what condition does orexin motivate animals to eat? |
when approaching starvation |
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Animals eat more frequent (but normal size) meals after damage to the ____. They eat larger meals (but at normal frequency) after damage to the ____. |
ventromedial hypothalamus, paraventricular nucleus |
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Which of the following is most likely an example of the organizing effects of sex hormones? |
masculinization of the brain |
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What anatomical difference, other than sex organs, is reliably seen between males and females, even at an early age? |
size of parts of the hypothalamus |
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Females with CAH may have benefited prenatally by treatment with: |
cortisol |
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A genetic male who has low levels of testosterone or low responsiveness to it: |
may develop characteristics that are intermediate between a female and a male |
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When a newborn baby is found to be intersexed, how have most authorities over the past few decades recommended raising the child? |
When in doubt, call the child female |
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Some researchers found that the ____ was slightly larger in heterosexual than homosexual men |
size of one nucleus of the hypothalamus |
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Individuals with pure autonomic failure: |
have diminished intensity of emotion, but still report cognitive aspects of it |
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The Behavioral Activation System is associated with: |
low to moderate arousal, tendency to approach new objects, and pleasant mood |
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Some cats "play" with a mouse before killing it. How can this kind of behavior best be explained? |
a conflict between attack and escape behaviors |
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The precursor for the synthesis of serotonin is |
tryptophan |
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A nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it is a definition of: |
stress |