Author Question: Lauren loves very hot, spicy foods full of pepper. Sometimes, her friends can't eat the food she ... (Read 242 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Lauren loves very hot, spicy foods full of pepper. Sometimes, her friends can't eat the food she prepares because they actually feel like their mouths have been burned. It is likely that this response results from the activity of

a. nociceptors that respond to certain chemicals.
b. warm fibers.
c. mechanoreceptors.
d. a combination of warm and cold fibers.

Question 2

When Anita was 10 years old, she was the tallest girl in her fourth grade class. She also began to menstruate when she was 10 years old. Given what we know about the effects of estradiol, we can expect that at age 17, Anita will be

a. one of the tallest girls in her class, because she started growing so early.
b. quite obese, because estradiol tends to make women fat.
c. not much taller than she was at 10 years old.
d. very popular among her female peers, because she matured so early.