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| In endocrine gland. Secretes the hormone melatonin which helps regulate the body's circadian rhythm |
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| Relay sensory impulses from all conscious senses To the cerebral cortex except smell |
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| Gray matter that connects the right and left hands of the thalamus Part of the thalamus |
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Control of autonomic nervous system and endocrine system
Regulation of body temperature in circadian rhythms
Control of emotional behavior food and water intake |
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Mammillary body
brain boobs |
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| Processes sensations related to smell part of the hypothalamus |
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| Attaches hypothalamus to pituitary gland |
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| Hormone secretion attached to the hypothalamus via the infunddibulum |
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| Optic nerves cross here before becoming optic tracts. part of the hypothalamus. |
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| CNS tracts carrying sensory impulses from the eyes and optic nerves through the optic chaism to the brain |
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| Space between the halves of the thalamus that produce and circulates CSF |
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