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shenderson6

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Imaging studies in humans given a hypertonic thirst suggest that the ________ is involved in the unpleasantness of osmometric thirst, while the ________ detects the tonicity of the blood plasma.
 
  a. anterior cingulate cortex; lamina terminalis
  b. insular cortex; medial amygdala
  c. lamina terminalis; anterior cingulate cortex
  d. subfornical fornical organ; area postrema
  e. medial amygdala; insular cortex

Question 2

Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex would be expected to
 
  a. blunt fluid intake in response to a hypotonic fluid challenge.
  b. lower blood pressure.
  c. produce overeating to obesity.
  d. reflect the thirst state of the subject.
  e. result in a hypotonic blood volume.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. anterior cingulate cortex; lamina terminalis

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. reflect the thirst state of the subject.



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