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| A hormone that enables body cells to take up glucose for energy and certain cells to store excess nutrients |
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Results when the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin (type 1) or the body's tissues are relatively unresponsive to insulin (type 2) |
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| converted into glycogen and stored in a short-term reservoir in the liver and the muscles |
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| When glucose level in the blood drops - body must fall back on its energy stores |
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| -Initiates eating and controls several aspects of feeding behavior as well as metabolic responses |
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| Vital hypothalamic structure for monitoring the body's nutrient condition |
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| Dramatically increases eating while reducing metabolism |
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substance that induces eating -a peptide that is sunthesized in the stomach and released during fasting |
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Best knownsatiety signals -a peptide hormone that is released as food passes into the duodenum |
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| -Another appetite-suppression peptide hormone that is released in the intestines in response to food |
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Inhibits Eating -Fat cells secrete this hormone |
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| calculated by dividing the persons weight in kg by the squard height in meters |
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| on chromosome 6 and the diabetes gene on chromosome 3 cause obesity in mice |
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| the energy required to fuel the brain and other organs and to maintain body temperature |
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| known as the "starving disease" bc the individual restricts food intake to maintain weight at level so low that it is threatening to health |
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| behavior limited to bingeing and purging |
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| Quicker return to sexual arousal when a new partner is introduced |
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| removal of the gonads(testes or ovaries) |
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| major sex hormone in males |
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| class of hormones responsible for a number of female characteristics |
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| contributes to sexual behavior in rats of both sexes...located near lateral ventricle in each temporal lobe, the amygdala is involved no only in sexual behavior but also in aggression and emotions |
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| hormone that causes smooth muscle contractions - for example: milk ejectin in lactating females; as a neurotransmitter released by hypothalamic neurons, it contributes to sexual behavior |
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| major historcompatibility complex (MHC) |
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| group of genes that contributes to the functioning of the immune system |
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| airborne chemicals released by an animal that have physiological or behaviorla effects on another animal of the same species |
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pheromones are detected by this -a cluster of receptors also located in the nasal cavity |
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| divide humans and animals into categories of males and females |
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| mostly occur prenatally and shortly after birth; they affect structure and are lifelong in nature |
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