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Answer the following: (a) Which part of the ear determines the pitch of a sound? (b) Which part of the human brain is the most developed? (c) Which part of our central neural system acts as a master clock?

Solution

(a) Cochlea determines the pitch of a sound.

(b) Forebrain is largest and the most developed part of the human brain.

(c) Hypothalamus acts as a master clock in the human body.

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