Helping to Maintain a Person's Set Point, the Body's Fat

question 182

Multiple Choice

Helping to maintain a person's set point, the body's fat cells produce a hormone called __________ in amounts proportional to the total amount of fat.

• A) leptin
• B) dopamine
• C) thoracin
• D) human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG)

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Definitions:

Major Term

In logic, specifically in a syllogism, the major term is the predicate of the conclusion.

Distributed

Pertains to systems that spread functions, processes, or data across multiple locations or computing devices.

Undistributed Middle

A logical fallacy in which a syllogism's middle term is not universally applied, leading to an erroneous conclusion.

Premise

An assertion or claim that leads to or results in a subsequent conclusion or inference.