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Brain_Function
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cerebrum | Memory,Conscious thought, Complex involuntary motor patterns |
| Diencephalon | Emotions, autonomic functions, hormone production |
| Midbrain | Processes visual and auditory info, Gernerates involuntary somatic motor responses |
| Pons | Connects cerebrum to brain stem |
| Medulla Oblongata | Relays sensory info, regulates autonomic functions |
| Olfactory bulbs | smell |
| Optic nerve | sight |
| Optic chiasma | crossing of optic nerves |
| Pituitary gland | master gland of hormones |
| Corpora quadrigemnia | involved in vision and hearing |
| Cerebellum | activities of skeletal muscle, has to do with equilibrium, balance vision, sound and touch |
| Pineal Gland | produces melatonin |
| Corpus Callosum | connects cerebral hemispheres |
| Thalamus | major sensory and intergrating center of brain |
| Hypothalamus | controls ANS, regulation of body functions |
| Lateral ventricles | produces CSF |
| Dura matter | anchors brain to skull and channels blood into internal jugular veins |
| Arachnoid | contains CSF |
| CSF | a cushion for the CNS |