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Appetite

Appetite is regulated by an interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain, with the hypothalamus as the main regulatory organ. It exists to maintain adequate energy intake for metabolic needs and differs from physical hunger. Appetite can decrease and be termed anorexia or increase and be called orexia, and the neurons that regulate it are mainly serotonergic.

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Appetite

Appetite is regulated by an interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain, with the hypothalamus as the main regulatory organ. It exists to maintain adequate energy intake for metabolic needs and differs from physical hunger. Appetite can decrease and be termed anorexia or increase and be called orexia, and the neurons that regulate it are mainly serotonergic.

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APPETITE REGULATION

• Appetite is the desire to eat food, felt as hunger


• Appetite exist in all higher lifeforms , and serves to regulate adequate energy
intake to maintain metabolic needs.
• It is regulated by a collar interplay between the digestive tract , adipose tissue
and the brain.
• Appetite is different from hunger. Hunger is our physical needs to eat
• Decreased desire to eat is termed as anorexia , increased appetite is called
orexia
• Hypothalamus, a part of brain is the main regulatory organ for the human
appetite
• The neurons that regulate appetite appear to be mainly serotonergic

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