Question

Adenosine-induced inhibition of orexin has been hypothesized to cause drowsiness in this state. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name or describe this physiological state during which incretins (in-KREE-tins) are typically secreted.
ANSWER: postprandial state [or fed; accept answers indicative of a state that occurs after a meal or eating; accept answers that indicate the digestion or absorption of food; accept postprandial somnolence or answers indicating a food coma]
[10e] A common misconception about food comas is that they’re caused by increased activity in this portion of the autonomic nervous system commonly described as being responsible for “rest and digest.”
ANSWER: parasympathetic nervous system [or PNS]
[10h] Post-meal fats activate production of this compound in a·dipo·cytes, whose cleaved product eventually forms acylation stimulating protein. Fragments of this protein amplify its own hydrolysis when forming a convertase in the alternative complement pathway.
ANSWER: C3 [or complement component 3]
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