Bio 2 CNS Review

Connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

• Corpus callosum

• Midbrain

• Thalamus

• Cerebrum

Controls balance

• Pons

• Medulla Oblongata

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

It's outer layer is the cerebral cortex

• Spinal cord

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebrum

• Upper Brain Stem

Communication between the brain and body.

• Spinal cord

• Thalamus

• Lower brain stem

• Cerebellum

It has lobes for learning, hearing, and vision.

• Spinal cord

• Cerebrum

• Corpus callosum

• Midbrain

Controls heart rate

• Pons

• Midbrain

• Medulla Oblongata

• Lower brain stem

Controls respiration

• Pons

• Midbrain

• Medulla Oblongata

• Lower brain stem

Found below the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

• Cerebellum

• Thalamus

• Spinal cord

• Hypothalamus

It is made of nerves that branch out to different parts of body.

• Spinal cord

• Midbrain

• Diencephalon

• Cerebral cortex

It allows for communication between the cerebrum and cerebellum

• Pons

• Midbrain

• Medulla oblongata

• Hypothalamus