Cutting sensory nerves from the stomach, or removing it entirely, causes:
Correct answer: C. some changes in eating, but hunger still occurs
- A. a total loss of appetite
- B. eating based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger
- C. some changes in eating, but hunger still occurs
- D. the need for patients to be "trained" to eat; otherwise they would inadvertently starve to deathGet Study Guides
Explanation
Removing the stomach or severing its sensory nerves does not eliminate hunger because hunger is regulated by multiple bodily and brain mechanisms. Eating may change, but hunger continues to occur.
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