A person is diagnosed with a brain tumor that is treated with radiation. The treatment is successful, but the doctor believes some brain damage occurred. The patient is constantly complaining of being thirsty, even though she has had plenty of water to
drink. Which part of the brain is damaged in this patient and why?
What will be an ideal response?
The hypothalamus is a likely candidate because it controls drives such as the thirst drive.
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A) Toxoplasma gondii B) Trichomoniasis vaginalis C) Entamoeba histolytica D) Plasmodium vivax
What side of the brain deals with logic science and math?
What will be an ideal response?
A newly discovered multicellular organism obtains food by digesting dead organisms. Such an organism is most likely a member of the kingdom ________
A) Plantae B) Fungi C) Protista D) Animalia
During a period of low water availability, the prokaryotic structure that would protect a cell from desiccation (drying out) is the
A. nucleus. B. glycocalyx. C. pili. D. plasma membrane.