Question

A man is admitted to a hospital. He is suffering from an abnormally low body temperature,
loss of appetite, and extreme thirst. His brain scan would probably show a tumor in
A. Medulla oblongata
B. Pons
C. Cerebellum
D. Hypothalamus

Answer 1

Hint:-The brain is a very complex organ of the body, and it mainly involves the person’s thoughts, memory, and speech and it also involves the movement of legs and hands, etc. And the brain has various parts such as the cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata, and other thalamic
structures, where they control various actions of the body.

Complete answer:
1. By the above-given symptoms, the tumor might be of the hypothalamus.
2. And hypothalamus is the structure found in the brain which is situated below the thalamus and above the pituitary gland, it mostly weighs 1% of the total weight of the brain.
3. Among all parts of the brain, the hypothalamus is the complex structure, and this hypothalamus connects the nervous system of the body to the endocrine system through the pituitary gland, where the hormones of the pituitary gland are under the control of the hypothalamus, whereby the signal from hypothalamus, pituitary glands secretes various releasing factors, where they act on various organs and glands of the body.
4. Along with that it also has other important functions in the body which include, parenting and attachment, and the hypothalamus controls the body temperature, and it controls the hunger and thirst in the body along with them, they control behavior, sleep, and circadian rhythms, etc.
5. So any damage to the hypothalamus may disturb this metabolism in the body and this structure also the autonomous nervous system, which involves various involuntary activities.
So, the correct option is D.

Note:- The complex structure of the brain that controls the temperature, thirst, and hunger is the hypothalamus, as in the question they gave some disturbances from their normal state, indicating that there may be tumors or any other related problem regarding the hypothalamus of the brain.