Important Biological Functions Like Eating, Sexual Behavior, Aggression, and Bodily

question 1

Multiple Choice

Important biological functions like eating, sexual behavior, aggression, and bodily temperature are controlled by which one of the following brain regions?

• A) medulla
• B) hippocampus
• C) thalamus
• D) hypothalamus

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