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Brain Stem Functions
• Visual and auditory reflexes
• Relays sensory impulse
• Controls vital visceral functions • Heartbeat • Respiratory • Vasomotor• Digestion
Diencephalon
• 2 parts • Hypothalamus • Thalamus
• Functions: • Receives ALL sensory input and
relays to cerebral cortex for interpretation • Homeostasis regulation:
Temperature (Hypothalamus)• Emotional Responses (limbic
system)
Cerebrum
• Functions • Higher brain functions
• Memory • Reasoning • Intelligence • Personality
• Voluntary muscles movements
Corpus Callosum
• Function • Connects the left and right hemispheres brain
• Is severed surgically to treat patients who suffer from epileptic seizures (Corpus Callosotomy)
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