Which of the following statements is not true about metabolism? a. basal metabolism is the amount of energy needed for sustaining life. b. basal metabolism is measured by the amount of calories burned when your body is inactive. c. metabolism is influenced by numerous factors, such as heredity and age. d. younger people generally have a slower metabolism than adults.

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

Matching: 1. first used by europeans as a local anesthetic; now abused for its euphoric effects 5 marijuana 2. found in coffee beans, tea leaves, and cocoa beans 2 heroin 3. prescribed for pain involving serious injury or surgery 1 morphine 4. illegal derivative of morphine that is sold on the street as a white powder 6 caffeine 5. can evoke feelings of terror and panic 4 lsd 6. causes user to experience a conscious dreamlike state 3 cocaine

Which of the following mental illness does not begin during adolescence? a. post-traumatic stress disorder b. obsessive-compulsive disorder. c. schizophrenia. d. addictions