Pleasant smell fo food urged Ravi to Rush into the kitchen. Name the parts of the brain involved in the identification of food and emotional responses to odour.

Explanation

1. Fore brain consists of cerebrum and deincephalon.
2. Hypothalamus forms the floor of the diencephalon.
3. The hypothalamus contains a pair of small rounded mammillary bodies that are involved in olfactory reflexes and emotional responses to odour.
4. It maintain the urge for eating.
5. Hypothalamus also contains a group of neurosecretory cells which secrete hypothalamic hormones.