The Brain Stem

What regions are a part of the brain stem?

What behaviors for survival are produced by the brain stem?

Describe the location and shape of the midbrain.

What controls the “fight-or-flight” response?

Explain the function of the superior colliculi.

What does the inferior colliculi do?

What does the degeneration of the substantia nigra lead to?

Where is the pons located?

What does pons mean?

What do the projection fibers of the pons connect?

Where is the medulla oblongota located?

Where do the fibers cross over?

What is the significance of this cross over?

Why is the medulla crucial?

List the three visceral motor nuclei in the medulla.

What does the vasomotor center do?

Give some examples of other centers that the medulla controls.

How is the overlap of the functions of the hypothalamus and medulla explained?