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Regions of the Brain

                                                            Zoyla Gonzalez
                                                                CRN 70747
Across
Reception and evaluation of sensory information except for smelling, heating and vision.
Deep grooves that divide the cerebrum into different regions of the brain.
Made up of 3 parts all gray matter. Sits on top of the brain stem and is enclosed by the cerebral hemisheres.
Paired left and right superior parts of the brain. Also the largest portion if the brain.
Attaches to the spinal cord with no change in structure. Made up of 3 regions which produce the rigidly programmed, automatic behaviors necessary for survival.
Includes nuclei involved int he control of breathing.
Myelinated nerve tracts inside the grey matter that are responsible for communication between cerebral areas and between cerebral cortex and lower CNS centers.
Controls precise or skilled voluntary movements of our skeletal muscles.
Vision and integration of visual input
The relay station for information coming into the cerebral cortex.
Down
Most inferior part of the brain stem. Autonomic control center for heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, swallowing, coughing, sneezing, vomiting, etc.
Provides involuntary coordination of body movements. Located dorsal to the pons and medulla.
Located between the diencephalon and pons.
Made up of two cerebral hemispheres and the outer layers of grey matter and underlying regions of white matter.
Olfactory and auditory input, memory, abstract thought, and judgement.
The main visceral control center. Few tissues in body escape its influence. Caps the brain stem and forms the inferolateral walls of the third ventricle.
Known as the "executive suite" of the nervous system where our conscious mind is found. Enables us to be aware of ourselves and our sensations, to communicate, remember, understand, and initiate voluntary movements.
Internal islands of of gray matter. Important in controlling and modifying motor functions.
Forms the roof of the third ventricle. Houses the pineal gland which is the site of melatonin production.