Chapter 9

How does the idea of allostasis differ from homeostasis?

What is the primary advantage of maintaining a constant high body temperature?

If you had damage to your POA/AH, what would happen to your body temperature?

Would adding salt to the body's extracellular fluids increase or decrease osmotic thirst?

Who would drink more pure water-someone with osmotic thirst or someone with hypovolemic thirst?

What are the contributions of angiotensin II and aldosterone?

Why do most Southeast Asian adults avoid drinking much milk?

Why are leptin injections less helpful for most overweight people than for mice with a mutation in the leptin gene?

Name three hormones that increase satiety and one that increases hunger.

Which neuropeptide from the arcuate nucleus to the paraventricular nucleus is most important for satiety?

In what ways does the lateral hypothalamus facilitate feeding?

In what way does eating increase after damage in and around the ventromedial hypothalamus? After damage to the paraventricular nucleus?

For someone who is trying to lose weight, why would it be a good idea to cut down on sweets altogether?