A+P 1 internal brain surface

pons

inferior to midbrain. regulates movement, breathing, reflexes, and complex. Functions associated with sheep and arousal

corpus callosum

the largest commissural fibers that connects the right and left hemispheres

formix

C shaped ring of white

medulla oblongata

most inferior structure of brainstem; continuous with spinal cord at foramen magnum

thalamus

main entry route of sensory data into cerebral cortex, relay statio that receives input, integrate information, then send information to specific motor or sensory areas in cerebral cortex

choroid plexus

where majority of CSF is manufactured, found in each of four ventricles where blood vessels come into direct contact with ependymal cells (also produce some CSF themselves)

hypothalumus

collection of nuclei anterior and inferior to larger thalamus, regulates the autonomic nervous system, sleep/wake cycle, thirst and hunger, and body temperature

arbore vitae

branching tracts of white mater located within the cerebellum, resembles a tree

lateral ventricle

cavity that is continuous with central canal of spinal cord, lined with ependymal cells filled with cerebrospinal fluid

spinal cord

nervous tissue that is a relay station and a processing station

pineal gland

endocrine organ that remembles a pine cone, it secretes melatonin

fourth ventricle

between pons and cerebellum, connected to third ventricle by cerebral aqueduct (small passageway through midbrain)

mammillary bodies

receives input from the hippocampus, plays a role in memory and behavior