All Psych Unit Notes

Medulla oblongata

Regulates heart rhythm, blood flow, breathing rate, digestion, vomiting.

Pons

Includes portion of reticular activating system critical for arousal and wakefulness; sends information to and from medulla, cerebellum, and cerebral cortex.

Cerebellum

Controls posture, equilibrium, and movement.

Basal ganglia

Regulates initiation of movements, balance, eye movements, and posture; processes implicit memories.

Thalamus

Relays visual, auditory, taste, and somatosensory information to/from appropriate areas of cerebral cortex.

Hypothalamus

Controls feeding behavior, drinking behavior, body temperature, sexual behavior, rage threshold, autonomic system activation, and pituitary hormone secretion.

Hippocampus

Enables formation of new long-term memories.

Cerebral cortex

Center for higher-order processes like thinking, planning, judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement.