Your Intestines Respond to the Ingestion of Food by Releasing

question 36

Multiple Choice

Your intestines respond to the ingestion of food by releasing _____________, which travels to the brain and stimulates the receptor sites of brain regions that __________ eating.

• A)glucose; increase
• B)leptin; increase
• C)glucose; decrease
• D)cholecystokinin (CCK); decrease

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