Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780073403700
Author: Kenneth S. Saladin Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 7TYR
Because of a brain lesion, a certain patient never feels full, but eats so excessively that she now weighs nearly 600 pounds. The lesion is most likely in her
- hypothalamus.
- amygdala.
- hippocampus.
- basal nuclei.
- pons.
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