Practice question · True or false
Hunger, temperature and circadian rhythm are grouped under the hypothalamus simply because they happen to be controlled in the same place.
Hints
- What do the three actually share?
- A set point, a sensor and a correction.
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False
Why
False. They share a mechanism: each has a set point, a sensor detecting deviation and a corrective response, one control architecture applied to different variables. Grouping by mechanism rather than by location is what makes the hypothalamus coherent rather than a list of unrelated jobs.
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