Structures of the Brain

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  1. 2. Gland, Receives information about the state of the light-dark cycle from the environment and conveys this information to produce and secrete the hormone melatonin.
  2. 5. System: structures at the edge (limit) of the boundary between the forebrain and hindbrain that are most associated with emotional behavior and memory formation
  3. 7. Brain region most involved in producing smooth coordinated skeletal muscle activity.
  4. 9. Lobe, region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information.
  5. 13. Lobe, region of the cerebral cortex directly beneath the parietal bone of the cranium. Responsible for processing somatosensory information from the body.
  6. 14. Oblongata, lowest part of the brain and the brainstem responsible for respiration, cardiac function, vasodilation, and reflexes.
  7. 15. Lobe, region of the cerebral cortex responsible for visual perception.
  8. 18. Responsible for regulating various functions of the pituitary gland and endocrine activity, and it also regulates somatic functions like appetite and temperature.
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  1. 1. Formation, Functional system that spans the brain stem; involved in regulating sensory input to the cerebral cortex, cortical arousal, and control of motor behavior
  2. 3. Matter, White substance of the central nervous system; myelinated nerve fibers
  3. 4. region of the adult brain that is the link between the nervous system and the endocrine system.
  4. 6. region of the adult brain that is responsible for higher neurological functions such as memory, emotion, and consciousness.
  5. 8. Nuclei, largely related to motor functions, as evidenced through the symptoms of Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases
  6. 10. regulates and controls many vital functions like breathing and sleep cycle.
  7. 11. major region of the diencephalon that is responsible for relaying information between the cerebrum and the hindbrain, spinal cord, and periphery
  8. 12. Lobe, region of cerebrum cortex that is important for voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive function.
  9. 16. Stem, Part of the brain that is responsible for the regulating most of the body's automatic functions that are essential for life
  10. 17. Matter, regions of the nervous system containing cell bodies of neurons with few or no myelinated axons; actually may be more pink or tan in color, but called gray in contrast to white matter