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LCritchfi

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on: Jun 19, 2018
If you destroy the lateral hypothalamus of a rat, the rat may become hyperphagic.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

You are a space alien who wishes to conquer Earth. You use a special ray gun that makes humans immobile by making them too fat to move. Your ray gun should ____ in the hypothalamus.
 
  a. stimulate the ventromedial nucleus
  b. destroy the ventromedial nucleus
  c. destroy the lateral hypothalamus
  d. stimulate the thalamus


memslove

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

False

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
b


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