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Chapter 11- Ingestive Behavior
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Chapter 11 from FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 9TH EDITION by Neil R. Carlson
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homeostasis
Answer: The process by which the body’s substances and characteristics (such as temperature and glucose level) are maintained at their optimal level.
2.
ingestive behavior
Answer: Eating or drinking
3.
system variable
Answer: A variable that is controlled by a regulatory mechanism, for example, temperature in a heating system.
4.
set point
Answer: The optimal value of the system variable in a regulatory mechanism.
5.
correctional mechanism
Answer: In a regulatory process, the mechanism that is capable of changing the value of the value
6.
negative feedback
Answer: A process whereby the effect produced by an action serves to diminish or terminate that action; a characteristic of regulatory systems.
7.
satiety mechanism
Answer: A brain mechanism that causes cessation of hunger or thirst, produced by adequate and available supplies of nutrients or water.
8.
intracellular fluid
Answer: The fluid contained within cells.
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extracellular fluid
Answer: All body fluids outside cells: interstitial fluid, blood plasma, and cerebrospinal fluid.
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intravascular fluid
Answer: The fluid found within the blood vessels.
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