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Midbrain
Pons
Medulla
Oblongata
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What is another term for “midbrain”?
Answer:
“mesencephalon”
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The midbrain controls
___, ____, ____ _____, and
____ ____.
Answer: vision, audition, eye
movement, body movement
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What two parts of the
midbrain control the
specific function of body
movement?
Answer: red nucleus and
substantia nigra
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Explain Parkinson’s
disease’s connection to the
midbrain.
Answer: It occurs when the
neurons at the substantia
nigra, part of the midbrain,
start to degenerate
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Answer: bridge
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Answer: arousal/sleep, level of alertness, the relay of
sensory information between cerebrum and cerebellum.
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Answer: move the left and right side of the body
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Answer: Cerebrum sends movement command to pons.
Pons receives and sends message to cerebellum via nerve
fibers.
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Locate the medulla oblongata at one of the two blanks.
Answer: the bottom blank
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The medulla
oblongata controls
• ____, ____, and
____
• ____ and ____
• ____ between ____
• ____ of body
movements
Answer: breathing, digestion, heart/blood vessel
function, swallowing, sneezing, the relay of
information, brain and spinal cord, coordination
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Quickly: Spell this part
of the brain out loud!
Answer: MEDULLA OBLONGATA
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Explain how injury to the medulla oblongata
can be immediately fatal.
Answer: it controls vital functions like
breathing and heart rate.
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Answer: Between peripheral nerves and spinal cord to
the upper parts of brain.
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Answer: the foramen magnum
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Answer: They cannot be regenerated.
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Answer: Constanzo Varolio / 1573
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