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I just ate a bag of salty potato chips and a can of salted peanuts. I will likely experience...
Osmometric thirst
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THC acts on _________ receptors in the hypothalamus, increasing appetite.
endocannabinoid
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98.6 degrees is the body's ________ for temperature.
set point
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Rats with lesions to the ___________ hypothalamus will starve to death.
Lateral
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Someone with ____________ disorder may see himself as fat when he is not; someone with this d/o may see her limbs as grossly distorted or see herself as grotesquely ugly when she is not
body dysmorphic
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Diabetes may be especially damaging to this part of the brain which is implicated in memory consolidation
hippocampus
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Heavy bleeding, vomiting, and diarrhea can cause _____________ thirst
volumetric thirst
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Type I diabetes is an _______________ disorder
autoimmune
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____________ is a dangerous eating disorder--- it can produce gastric and chemical imbalances in the body
Bulimia
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Neural changes in anorexic patients are largely associated with _____________ of the brain
Starvation
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An anti-obesity hormone:
leptin
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Pursuit of thinness through starvation:
anorexia
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Decrease appetite
obestatin
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Scientitsts studying weight control must consider the physiological triggers as well as the ________ cues to hunger.
External
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Bundle of axons that connects Wernicke's to Brocha's Area; appears to convey sound information but not meaning
Acruate Fasciculus
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About 2/3 of the body's water is in the intracelluar fluid in a cell's...
cytoplasm
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Someone who has anorexia might smell like pears----- these are _________ eating your body away.
Ketones
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More than one mechanism monitors and regulates our different stores, conserving supplies and shedding excess
Redundancy
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If ___________ fluid loses water, water will be pulled out of cells
Interstitial (extracellular)
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When a behavior can be traced largely to one hemisphere, we say that behavior is ...
lateralized
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Low blood volume will interfere with heart function in a condition known as ...
hypovolemia
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____________, muscle dysmorphia, is not a disorder in the DSM, but it has been associated with eating disorders.
bigorexia
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Atrial ________________ are in the haert and will detect low bloodflow
baroreceptors
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Bilateral lesions of the ___________ lead to obesity in rats.
VMH (ventromedial Hypothalamus)
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Thirst activates the ________________, and so does pain.
ACC (Anterior Cingulate Cortex)
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Can be from heavy bleeding (most common), vomiting, diarrhea.
Volumetric Thirst
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ACC (anterior cingulate cortex) and temporal lobe abnormalities associated with anorexic patients may underlie their ________________ disotrtions regarding food.
cognitive
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______________ is associated with impaired cognitive function and increased risk for dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
Diabetes
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Our ____________ and our intracellular fluid must be kept within exact limits.
blood plasma
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Involved in the processes that regulate body temperature.
Acruate Nucleus (of the hypothalamus ANH)
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A toy safety campaign had to recall its promotional buttons because they posed a choking hazard. Someone with _________ damage might not understand the irony of this.
Right hemisphere
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Those with anorexia nervosa think about food a lot and show _____ responses to presentations of food
icreased
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Treating people with the gut hormone _________ produces a quick and profound increase in appetite.
Ghrelin
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consistant physiological parameter maintainence, such as body temperature
homeostasis
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these systems maintain homeostasis (such as blood pressure)
Regulatory systems
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This a specific focus of something that is trying to be regulated (for homeostasis).
system variable
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in homeostasis, where a variable is at maximum efficiency
set points
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these detect variables... (in homeostasis)
detectors
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for homeostasis, these mechanisms start and adjust for needs (such as food/hunger)
correctional mechanisms
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In homeostasis, these mechanisms signal the need to stop eating, etc.
Satiety mechanisms
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__________: in cellular cytoplasm. contains 2/3 of the body's water
intracellular fluid
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Blood plasma, CSF, interstitial fluid (space between cells)
extracellular fluid
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a peptide hormone; it causes blood vessels to constrict and increase blood pressure & thirst. (volumetric thirst)
Angiotensin
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this detect low blood pressure in the heart. increase thirst (volumetric thirst)
atrial baroreceptors
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salt products draw water out of the cells = thirst for homeostasis
osmometric thirst
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a sensory receptor in the hypothalamus; contribute to fluid balance in the body (osmometric thirst)
osmoreceptors
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A PET scan shows what in the brain?
glucose metabolism
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spare body energy stores that tear away from the body
ketones
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Diabetes as a whole is the result of a lack of __________
insulin
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Diabetes type I: ____________
Diabetes type II: ____________
- Autoimmune disorder (failure to produce);
- Insulin resistance (body does not respond to production needs)
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______ cues are factored into the obesity / overeating theory
external
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dementia and memory loss are more likely to occur in people with ______
Diabetes
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the _________ hypothalamus may be responsible for stopping hunger;
the _________ hypothalamus may be responsible for hunger
- ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH);
- lateral hypothalamus (LH)
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an appetite controller: anti - obesity hormone, also a determinant in menarche
leptin
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an appetite controller: an increase in this would induce hunger
ghrelin (I'm so hungry that my stomach is 'ghrelin'!")
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an appetite controller:
in the Arcuate nucleus of the the hypothalamus (ANH), it assists in decreasing appetite
obestatin
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an appetite controller: a short protein; it reduces appetite in humans
peptide YY(3-36)
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an appetite controller: provides the fullness feeling
CCK - cholecystokinin
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THC makes you hungry and affects this:
endocanabinoids
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Parents risk of overweight kids (%):
Normal parents:
1 obese parent:
both parents obese:
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about _____ million kids are overweight
25 million
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increased food response, usually adolescent mid-upper class white females with drive for achievement and sexual abuse history; low Tx success due to bio/psycho/social :(
anorexia!
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rapid consumption of high calorie food & purge
bulimia
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in an eating disorder, the brain is altered. neurotransmitters affected are _-__ and __. Also there are sulcal widenings (brain grooves) and ventricle enlargements (CSF tubes; CSF flow increased). This means the brain is shrinking. (also noted are altered temporal lobe and decreased ACC function (ACC role= blood pressure, heart rate, etc)
serotonin and Dopamine
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the success of eating disorder recovery seems to be accurately measured in ___________ recovery speed. (Slower = higher relapse chance)
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
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reverse anorexia; muscle dysmorphia
bigorexia
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