Matching Pairs Brain Functions ReviewOnline version Match the structure with its function. by Carrie Miller-DeBoer 1 2 Thalamus 3 4 Hypothalamus 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Corpus callosum 14 15 16 Broad band of nerve fibers that connect the left and right cerebral hemispheres. Responsible for sensing touch, spatial processing, language, and memory. Carries messages from the sensory organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and fingers to the cerebellum. Receive information about smells from the nose and send it to the brain. Responsible for all reasoning, planning, memory, and sensory processing. All conscious thought originates here. Responsible for the conscious perception of touch, pressure, vibration, pain, temperature, and taste. Responsible for many roles in behavior and personality, such as planning, initiated movements, social and emotional processing, and attention, as well as roles in memory retrieval and storage. Responsible for visual perception and are involved in some forms of visual, short-term memory. Responsible for the conscious perception of visible input. Responsible for the conscious perception of sound Receive visual stimuli from the eyes and relay this information to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe. Responsible for balance, movement, and coordination. Responsible for the voluntary control of your skeletal muscles, the muscles we can move and control. Controls body temperature, thirst, appetite, sleep patterns, and other processes in our body that happen automatically. Responsible for processing smell and sound, as well as the ability to recognize and understand words and language. They are also involved in visual memory. Point where the spinal cord connects with the brain. The brain stem takes in, sends out, and coordinates all of the brain's messages. It controls the body's vital functions, such as heartbeat, breathing, swallowing, and digestion.
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