The Nervous System, Five parts of the brain

Title: The Nervous System, Five parts of the brain
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The Nervous System, Five parts of the brain
1. The Thalamus- A brain structure that relays sensory messages to the cerebral cortex. <Tab/>It functions as a traffic officer of the brain. It directs sensory messages to higher centers as they come into the brain. <Tab/>If this part of the brain were injured, a person would be impaired because the vision signals wouldn't be sent to the vision area, and auditory signals would not be …showed first 75 words of 418 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 418 total…which connects the cerebral hemispheres. <Tab/>It functions to connect the right hemisphere of the brain which controls the left side of the body, to the left hemisphere of the brain which controls the right side of the body. <Tab/>If this part of the brain were injured a person would not survive because there would be no way to controls the different sides of the body.

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