List five sections of the brain and briefly describe the function of each section
(Any 5 of the following)
cerebrum: center for reasoning, thought, memory, speech, sensation, sight, smell, hearing, and voluntary body movement; cerebellum: responsible for muscle coordination, balance and posture, and muscle tone; diencephalon: contains the thalamus and hypothalamus; thalamus: relay center to direct sensory impulses to the cerebrum; hypothalamus: regulates and controls the autonomic nervous system, temperature, appetite, water balance, sleep, blood vessel constriction and dilation; midbrain: conducts impulses between brain parts and is responsible for certain eye and auditory reflexes; pons: conducts messages to other brain parts and controls reflex actions such as chewing, tasting, and saliva production; medulla oblongata: regulates heartbeat, respiration, swallowing, coughing, and blood pressure
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