Parts of the brain stem

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Midbrain

Involved in vision, hearing, and motor control.

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Tectum

Auditory and visual reflexes

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Corpora quadrigemina

The 4 bulging structures that project from the tectum

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Superior colliculus

Involved in visual reflexes (eye and head movements, eye and hand movement)

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Inferior colliculus

Auditory reflexes (the startle reflex)

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Pons (bridge)

Connect the diencephalon and cerebrum to the cerebrum and medulla oblongata

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Medulla oblongata

Contains motor tracts ventrally and sensory tracts dorsally,& nuclei involved in: heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and vomiting