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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #38641 Appetite
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To examine the organs of digestion one needs to study the appetite and manner of taking food and drink. A healthy animal has good appetite. Loss of appetite does not point to a diseased condition but comes from a variety of causes, some of which might be physiological. Excitement, strange surroundings, fatigue and hot weather may all cause loss of appetite. Sometimes depression, fever, weakness, stomach disorders or difficulty in swallowing also cause diminished appetite. Sometimes there is desire to eat abnormal things due to chronic disturbance of nutrition. It is variably linked to one's psychological aspects also. In times of inward happiness one tends to binge more on food but in times of turmoil and tension one loses the desire to eat even if hunger persists. At times, thirst faces this imbalance as well. Especially in times of crisis or shock your mouth goes dry. So, hunger loss can not only be connected with appetite loss due to disease, there are profound psychic disturbances also attributing to its fall.

Which of the following are not physiological causes for loss of appetite?

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Option 3: "Mouth going dry"

Explanation: The text describes that during times of crisis or shock, the mouth goes dry, which is a psychological response rather than a physiological one. This indicates that it is not a physiological cause for loss of appetite.

Option 1: "Manner of taking food and drink"

Explanation: The text states that to examine the organs of digestion, one needs to study the appetite and manner of taking food and drink. This indicates that the manner of taking food is related to physiological aspects of digestion, thus making it a physiological cause.

Option 2: "Hot weather"

Explanation: The text mentions that hot weather may cause loss of appetite, categorizing it as a physiological cause. Therefore, it does not fit the criteria of being a non-physiological cause.

Option 4: "Fatigue"

Explanation: Fatigue is mentioned in the text as a cause of loss of appetite, which aligns it with physiological causes. Thus, it does not qualify as a non-physiological cause.

Option 5: "Internal turmoil"

Explanation: The text indicates that during times of turmoil and tension, one may lose the desire to eat, linking this to psychological aspects. Therefore, internal turmoil is not a physiological cause for loss of appetite.

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