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| Pineal gland (body) = epiphysis |
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| photoreceptive and endocrine; regulates circadian rhythms |
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| habenular trigone (part of pineal body) |
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| integrate olfactory impulses received from the cerebral hemispheres |
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| posterior commisure (part of pineal body) |
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| connects the two cerebral hemispheres; mediates the pupil's response to light |
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| serves as connective bridge between right and left thalamus |
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| processes and relays sensory information to the cerebral hemispheres; regulates sleep and wakefulness |
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| third ventricle (cavity mostly surrounded by thalamic tissue) |
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| produces cerebrospinal fluid used to bathe and cushion the brain |
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| controls body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger etc. |
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| mammillary bodies (in hypothalamus) |
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| process recognition memory |
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| infundibulum (in hypothalamus) |
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| connection between the hypothalamus and the posterior pituitary |
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| hypophysis/pituitary gland |
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| secretes hormones that help control growth, blood pressure, milk, sex organs, thyroid gland function, and metabolism |
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| optic chiasma (part of hypophysis) |
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| allows for parts of both eyes that attend the left field of view to be processed in the right visual system in the brain and vice versa |
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