The Nervous System, Five parts of the brain
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:36:20
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 2 pages (418 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 2 pages (418 words)
1. The Thalamus- A brain structure that relays sensory messages to the cerebral cortex.
<Tab/>It functions as a traffic officer of the brain. It directs sensory messages to higher centers as they come into the brain.
<Tab/>If this part of the brain were injured, a person would be impaired because the vision signals wouldn't be sent to the vision area, and auditory signals would not be …
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…which connects the cerebral hemispheres.
<Tab/>It functions to connect the right hemisphere of the brain which controls the left side of the body, to the left hemisphere of the brain which controls the right side of the body.
<Tab/>If this part of the brain were injured a person would not survive because there would be no way to controls the different sides of the body.
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