ANT 318L Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Meninges, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Pia Mater
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Sensory areas: sensory areas involve the perception of sensation and awareness, contain the structures that allow for the interaction of sensory information and the creation of. Diencephalon: the diencephalon is deep to the cerebral hemispheres, composed of the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus. Thalamus: responsible for routing all information to and from cerebral cortex, can provide generalized emotion when stimulated, vestige of past evolutionary function, mediates communication between cortex and the rest of the brain. Cerebellum: the cerebellum coordinates muscle contractions, timing is based on inputs from the motor cortex and sensory receptors, controls fine motor skills by calculation spatial location, necessary intensity and force or movement, and activating necessary motor units. Higher functioning: as mentioned previously, brain regions work in conjunction to allow higher functioning, with few exceptions, most functioning requires multiple brain regions working in conjunction, language, memory, consciousness, and sleep are special cases.
