By Motivating Us to Satisfy Our Physical Needs,hunger and Thirst

question 69

Multiple Choice

By motivating us to satisfy our physical needs,hunger and thirst serve to

• A) control arousal desires.
• B) maintain homeostasis.
• C) control species-typical behavior.
• D) reduce an incentive.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A brief change in electrical voltage that occurs between the inside and the outside of an axon when a neuron is stimulated; it serves to produce an electrical impulse.

Synaptic Cleft

The gap between two neurons where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers in the nervous system that transmit signals across synapses from one neuron to another.

Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter in the nervous system involved in muscle activation and memory formation.