SCIENCE
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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Pons
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Medulla oblongata
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Thalamus
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Hypothalamus
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Detailed explanation-1: -The hypothalamus helps manage your body temperature, hunger and thirst, mood, sex drive, blood pressure and sleep.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hypothalamus helps keep the body’s internal functions in balance. It helps regulate: Appetite and weight. Body temperature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hypothalamus has the following functions – Control body temperature, urge for eating and drinking. It secretes different hormones that help in maintaining homeostasis. Q. Which part of the brain regulates the body temperature, hunger and water balance?
Detailed explanation-4: -In homeotherms, temperature homeostasis is regulated primarily in the preoptic area (POA) of the hypothalamus.
Detailed explanation-5: -The hunger center of the human brain is located in the Hypothalamus. The hypothalamus, which is positioned under the midline of the brain, behind the eyes, coordinates the body’s mechanism for controlling food intake. The hypothalamus contains nerve cells that, when triggered, cause a sense of hunger.