Multiple choice

Cutting sensory nerves from the stomach, or removing it entirely, causes

  1. a total loss of appetite

  2. eating based on recognized need, not internal feelings of hunger

  3. some changes in eating, but hunger still occurs

  4. the need for patients to be "trained" to eat, otherwise, they would inadvertently starve to death
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Research shows hunger is regulated by multiple signals (blood glucose, hormones, brain signals), not just stomach nerves. Removing stomach sensory nerves changes eating patterns but doesn't eliminate hunger, demonstrating redundancy in hunger regulation. Option D is exaggerated - patients don't need to be 'trained' to avoid starvation.

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