Anatomy & Physiology: An Integrative Approach
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780078024283
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Theresa Bidle
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13.4, Problem 23WDYL
Summary Introduction
To explain:
The way through which feelings of thirst and hunger are controlled by hypothalamus.
Concept introduction:
The anterio-inferior region of the diencephalon is known as the hypothalamus. There is a stalk-like structure known as the infundibulum which extends from the hypothalamus. This helps in attaching to the pituitary gland.
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