| HYPOTHALAMUS | A neural control centre at the base of the brain, concerned with hunger, thirst and other autonomic functions |
| ARTHRITIS | Painful condition to have a terrible thirst and swallow the right one (9) |
| THALAMUS | Either of the two contiguous egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain (8) |
| MEDULLA | And 29 Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| OBLONGATA | Lowermost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord and containing control centres for the heart and lungs (7,9) |
| CHIASMA | Intersection or crossing-over, as of the optic nerves at the base of the brain (7) |
| THALAMI | What are the two egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain |
| APPESTAT | Theoretical control centre in the brain, possibly in the hypothalamus, that regulates feelings of hunger and satiety (8) |
| BRAIN | A neural network is a computer program that operates in a manner inspired by the natural neural network in the _____ (5) |
| PITUITARY | The master endocrine gland, attached by a stalk to the base of the brain (9) |
| EMPLOY | Sign up politician in the foreign sport centre at the back of the gantry (6) |
| CEMENTING | Uniting people on outside of centre at the sound of the bell (9) |
| ATHOLL | Blair ___, Perthshire tourist centre at the junction of the Tilt and Garry rivers (6) |
| HUB | The wheel deal: A bicycle wheel is made up of many spokes that meet in the center at the ___ |
| KENNEL | Digs up vegetable around stunning centre at the home of the man's best friend (6) |
| ENTRECOTE | Go to centre, at the end, to get a prime cut of beef (9) |
| WHITEHALL | London street recognised as the centre at the Government oi the United Kingdom (9) |
| SPINA | A neural tube condition which stops a baby's spine and spinal cord from developing properly (5,6) |
| VOW | Swear the civic centre's at the town centre (3) |
| NOTLONG | Number at wit's end with hunger for a short while (3,4) |