During Thanksgiving dinner Dirk suddenly announced, "I think my ventromedial hypothalamus just kicked in." What is Dirk suggesting?
a) Dirk needs to go to the bathroom.
b) Dirk is full.
c) Dirk is very hungry.
d) Dirk has a bad headache.
ANS: B, The ventromedial hypothalamus serves as a fullness center, which inhibits eating when we have had enough to eat.
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