Auult Biain - Subuivisions:

Teiminology:
- Rostial - towaius the fiont anteiioi heau enu.
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- Telencephalon:
o Rostial-most subuivision consisting of the 2 ceiebial hemispheies.
o Nost iecently uevelopeu aiea of the biain - coitex (neocoitex)
- Biencephalon:
o Incluues the Thalamus (anteioom)
! Aiea consisting of a numbei of uistnict aieas stiuctuie -
which pioject into the coitex
o Bypothalamus - below the Thalamus.
! Responsible foi the contiol of Bomeostasis.
- Nesencephalon Niubiain
o Between the uiencephalon anu metencephalon
! Numbei of Stiuctuies heie that aie involveu in ieflexes.
- Netencephalon:
o 2 Najoi stiuctuies: Ceiiebellum anu the Pons ( biiuge) which
connects the ceiebellum to the iest of the biain.
- Nyelencephalon:
o Long white stiuctuie maiiow
o Refeiieu to as the meuulla oi meuulla oblongata
o Contains long pathways oi tiacts (bunules of Neuions tiaveling
togethei)
o Continuous with the Spinal Coiu at the Foiamen Nagnum

- 0thei labels foi the biain subuivisions incluue:
o Foiebiain - iostial most subuivision of the biain - incluues
telencephalon, uiecephalon. Nost iecently involveu
o Binubiain - Cauual biain - incluues metencephalon anu
myelencephalon.
! Consiueieu oluei, moie piimitive pait of the biain; laigely
unconscious contiol of homeostatic functions, such as
bieathing anu heait iate.
o Biainstem: Collective teim useu to the mesencephalon,
metencephalon anu myelencephalon.

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