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Spinal Cord

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Controls simple stretch and tendon reflexes

Controls primitive processes such as walking, urination, and sex organ function

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Medulla

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Controls autonomic processes such as BP, blood flow, heart rate, respiratory rate, swallowing, and vomiting
Controls reflex reactions such as coughing and sneezing

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Pons

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Controls antigravity posture and balance

Relays information to the cerebellum and thalamus

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Cerebellum

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Integrating center

Coordination of complex movement, balance and posture, muscle tone, spatial equilibrium

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Midbrain

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Integration of visual and auditory information
Visual and auditory reflexes
Wakefulness and consciousness
Coordinates information on posture and muscle tone

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Thalamus

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Relay center for somatic (conscious) sensation

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Hypothalamus

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Controls homeostatic functions (such as temperature regulation, fluid balance, appetite)
Controls primitive emotions such as anger, rage, and sex drive
Controls the pituitary gland

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Brainstem

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the medulla, the pons, and the midbrain

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Hindbrain

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the medulla, the pons, and the cerebellum

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Forebrain

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diencephalon and telencephalon

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diencephalon

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the thalamus and hypothalamus

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telencephalon

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consists of the two separate cerebral hemispheres

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Corpus Callosum

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a thick bundle of axons connecting the cerebral hemispheres

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Cerebrum

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the large paired cerebral hemispheres

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Cerebral Cortex

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the outer layer of gray matter of the cerebrum (made up of somas); divided into 4 lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital

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Frontal Lobe

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initiates all voluntary movement and involved in complex reasoning skills and problem solving

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Parietal Lobe

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involved in general sensations (touch, temperature, pressure, vibration) and taste

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Temporal Lobe

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processes auditory and olfactory sensation and are involved in short-term memory, language comprehension, and emotion

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Occipital Lobe

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processes visual sensation