BRAIN

REGULATES VITAL FUNCTIONS OF THE HEART RATE, BREATHING, AND BLOOD PRESSURE

REFLEX CENTERS FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, SWALLOWING, VOMITING

CONTAINS 2 RESPIRATORY CENTERS THAT WORK WITH THOSE IN THE MEDULLA TO PRODUCE A NORMAL BREATHING RHYTHM

REGULATES VISUAL REFLEXES, AUDITORY REFLEXES, RIGHTING REFLEX (EQUILIBRIUM)

REGULATES THE COORDINATION OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, MUSCLE TONE, STOPPING MOVEMENTS AND EQUILIBRIUM
SENSATIONS INVOLVING TEXTURE AND WEIGHT

PRODUCE ADH AND OXYTOCIN (INCREASES WATER ABSORBTION)
PRODUCE RELEASING HOROMONES THAT STIMULATE SECRETION OF HOROMONES OF THE ANT. PITUITARY GLAND
REGULATES BODY TEMP AND FOOD AND FLUID INTAKE AND STIMULATES VISCERAL RESPONSES IN EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS

SENSORY PATHWAYS TO THE BRAIN EXCEPT FOR OLFACTION (SMELL) 
SUPPRESSES UNIMPORTANT SENSATIONS TO PERMIT CONCENTRATION
CONTRIBUTES TO ALERT AND AWARENESS AND MEMORY

2 HEMISPHERES CONNECTED BY THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
THE LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN

CEREBRUM PARTS:
-MOTOR AREA THAT INITIATES VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT
ON LEFT LOBE IS BROCA'S MOTOR SPEECH AREA THAT CONTROLS MOVEMENT FOR SPEAKING

CEREBRUM PARTS:
- CONTAINS SENSORY AREAS FOR THE CUNTANEOUS SENSES AND CONSCIOUS MUSCLE SENSE AND TASTE

CEREBRUM PARTS:
- AUDITORY AREAS FOR HEARING AND OLFACTION
- LEFT SIDE IS WENICKE'S AREA (COMPREHENSION OF SPEECH)

CEREBRUM PARTS:
- CONTAINS THE VISUAL AREAS THAT RECEIVE IMPULSES FROM THE RETINA OF THE EYES

CEREBRUM PARTS:
- GRAY MATTER WITHIN THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES
- REGULATE MOVEMENTS AND MUSCLE TONE