NSCI 175 Exam 3 Quizzes
Insulin levels are maximal during which of the following phases of the body's reaction to feeding
behavior? - Answer-Substrate
Which of the following describes ghrelin? - Answer-A peptide highly concentrated in the stomach that is
released into the bloodstream when the stomach is empty
Which of the following describes the ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome? - Answer-Hypothalamic
lesions that cause overeating and obesity
Which of the following represents the humoral response to a drop in leptin levels? - Answer-Decreased
secretion of TSH and ACTH from the pituitary gland
When your stomach is full, mechanosensory neurons in the stomach wall sense the distension and
transmit the sensation to the nucleus of the solitary tract in the medulla via which nerve? - Answer-
Vagus
Which neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus respond to an increase in blood leptin
levels? - Answer-alphaMSH/CART neurons
Which is a consequence of leptin deficiency? - Answer-Increased NPY and AgRP in the arcuate nucleus
, Which of the following is the process of breaking down complex macromolecules? - Answer-Catabolism
Anorexia can result from damage to which of the following parts of the brain? - Answer-Lateral
hypothalamus
Which of the following describes the humoral response? - Answer-Stimulating or inhibiting the release
of pituitary hormones
Bilateral removal of the temporal lobes results in - Answer-Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Dimensional emotion theories propose what about emotions? - Answer-Emotions can be broken down
into smaller fundamental elements combined in different ways.
The basolateral nuclei of the amygdala receives - Answer-auditory, tactile, gustatory, and visual
afferents.
Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray can produce - Answer-affective aggression
In learned fear, the central nucleus of the amygdala transmits information through the _______ to
evoke emotional experience. - Answer-cerebral cortex
Electrical stimulation of the amygdala elicits what response in humans? - Answer-Increased anxiety and
fear
What led to the belief that anterior thalamus plays an important role in emotion? - Answer-The
observation that lesions in the anterior thalamus led to spontaneous laughing and crying
Information from the visual and auditory sensory systems feeds into which part of the amygdala? -
Answer-Basolateral nuclei
Insulin levels are maximal during which of the following phases of the body's reaction to feeding
behavior? - Answer-Substrate
Which of the following describes ghrelin? - Answer-A peptide highly concentrated in the stomach that is
released into the bloodstream when the stomach is empty
Which of the following describes the ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome? - Answer-Hypothalamic
lesions that cause overeating and obesity
Which of the following represents the humoral response to a drop in leptin levels? - Answer-Decreased
secretion of TSH and ACTH from the pituitary gland
When your stomach is full, mechanosensory neurons in the stomach wall sense the distension and
transmit the sensation to the nucleus of the solitary tract in the medulla via which nerve? - Answer-
Vagus
Which neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus respond to an increase in blood leptin
levels? - Answer-alphaMSH/CART neurons
Which is a consequence of leptin deficiency? - Answer-Increased NPY and AgRP in the arcuate nucleus
, Which of the following is the process of breaking down complex macromolecules? - Answer-Catabolism
Anorexia can result from damage to which of the following parts of the brain? - Answer-Lateral
hypothalamus
Which of the following describes the humoral response? - Answer-Stimulating or inhibiting the release
of pituitary hormones
Bilateral removal of the temporal lobes results in - Answer-Klüver-Bucy syndrome
Dimensional emotion theories propose what about emotions? - Answer-Emotions can be broken down
into smaller fundamental elements combined in different ways.
The basolateral nuclei of the amygdala receives - Answer-auditory, tactile, gustatory, and visual
afferents.
Stimulation of the periaqueductal gray can produce - Answer-affective aggression
In learned fear, the central nucleus of the amygdala transmits information through the _______ to
evoke emotional experience. - Answer-cerebral cortex
Electrical stimulation of the amygdala elicits what response in humans? - Answer-Increased anxiety and
fear
What led to the belief that anterior thalamus plays an important role in emotion? - Answer-The
observation that lesions in the anterior thalamus led to spontaneous laughing and crying
Information from the visual and auditory sensory systems feeds into which part of the amygdala? -
Answer-Basolateral nuclei
