The nurse is caring for a client who had deep brain surgery that resulted in damage to the hypothalamus. The nurse recognizes that the client's deficit of all pituitary hormones is related to the location of the hypothalamus, which is found:
1. just anterior to the occipital lobe of the brain.
2. in the diencephalon, just above the brainstem.
3. deep within the brainstem.
4. within the parietal lobe of the brain.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The hypothalamus is not located anterior to the occipital lobe of the brain.
Rationale 2: The hypothalamus is located in the center of the diencephalon, just superior to the brainstem.
Rationale 3: The hypothalamus is not located deep within the brainstem.
Rationale 4: The hypothalamus is not located within the parietal lobe of the brain.
Global Rationale: The hypothalamus is located in the center of the diencephalon, just superior to the brainstem.
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