1- concious thought

2- sensations

3- intellectual functions

4- memory storage and processing

5- complex movements originate in the cerebrum

1- Thalamus

2- Hypothalamus

3- Epithalamus (contains the pineal gland)

1- The thalamus is the final relay point for all ascending sensory information, other than olfactory, that will reach our concious thought

2- Acts as a filter, passing only a small amount of information to the primary sensory cortex

3- Plays a role in the coordination of voluntary and involuntary motor commands

Functions:

1- Contains important control and integrative centers

2- The subconcious control of skeletal muscle contractions assosiated with rage, pleasure, pain, and sexual arousal

3- adjusting the activities of autonomic centers in the pons and medulla oblongata (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and digestive functions)

4- Coordinating activities of the nervous and endocrine systems

5- secreting a variety of hormones (ex: antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin)

6- Producing behavioral drives involved in hunger and thirst

7-coordinating voluntary and autonomic functions

8- regulating normal body temperature

9- coordinating the daily cycles of activity

Functions:

1- The pineal glad in the eipthalamus secretes melatonin wich is important for regulating day and night cycles

1- midbrain

2- pons

3- medulla oblongata

1- links the cerebellum with the midbrain, diencephalon, cerebrum, and spinal cord

2- includes sensory and motor nuclei for four of the cranial nerves (Trigeminal, abducens, facial, and vestibulocochlear)

3- includes nuclei that are concerned with pace and depth of respiration

4- Tracts passing through the pons link the cerebellum with the brain stem, cerebrum and spinal cord

1- Connects the brain with the spinal cord

2- all communication between the brain and the spinal cord travel through the medulla oblongata

3- contains reflex centers that adjusts the activities of the cardiovascular and the respiratory systems

1- the superior colliculi in the midbrain control the reflex movements of the ees, head and neck in response to visual stimuli such as a flash of light

2- the inferior colliculi in the midbrain control the reflex movements of the head, neck, and trunk in response to loud noise

3- the midbrain houses the reticular information (RAS) which regulates many involuntary functions

4- The maintenence of muscle tone and posture

1- an automatic processing center

2- adjust the postural muscles to maintain balance

3- programming and fine-tuning movements controlled at the concious and subconcious levels

1- establishes emotional states

2- links the concious, intellectual functions of the cerebral cortex with the unconcious and autonomic functions of the brain stem

3- aids long term memory storage and retrieval

• Each cerebral hemisphere countains a lateral ventricle.
• There is no direct connection between the two lateral ventricles but an opening called the interventricular foramen allows each of them to communicate with the third ventricle

• Located in the diencephalon directly superior to the pineal gland

• Connects the third ventricle with the fourth

• Located in the pons and upper portion of the medulla oblongata