Question

Sensory stimulus is converted into hormonal response in

• A. Hypothalamus
• B. Cerebrum
• C. Cerebellum
• D. Medulla

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hypothalamus

• The stimulus(singular) is any change in the organism's internal or external environment that causes the organism to react. It is of two types external and internal.
• When the hypothalamus receives sensory impulses via neurons. Its function is to secrete releasing hormones and inhibiting hormones that stimulate or inhibit (like their names imply) production of hormones in the anterior pituitary.
• Hence Sensory stimulus is converted into a hormonal response in Hypothalamus.
• So, the correct answer is 'Hypothalamus'.