Controls Responses to Sight , Eye Movement , Pupil Dilation , Body Movement , Hearing
Location:
The mesencephalon is the most rostral portion of the brainstem. It is located between the forebrain and brainstem.
Structures:
The mesencephalon consists of the tectum and tegmentum.
Prosencephalon
Function:
Chewing , Directs Sense Impulses Throughout the Body , Equilibrium , Eye Movement, Vision , Facial Sensation , Hearing , Phonation , Intelligence , Memory , Personality , Respiration , Salivation , Swallowing , Smell , Taste
Location:
The prosencephalon is the most anterior portion of the brain. It is also called the forebrain.
Structures:
The prosencephalon consists of the telencephalon, striatum, diencephalon, lateral ventricle and third ventricle.
Diencephalon
Function:
Chewing , Directs Sense Impulses Throughout the Body , Equilibrium , Eye Movement, Vision , Facial Sensation , Hearing , Phonation , Respiration , Salivation , Swallowing , Smell , Taste
Location:
The diencephalon is located between the cerebral hemispheres and above the midbrain.
Structures:
Structures of the diencephalon include the thalamus, hypothalamus, the optic tracts, optic chiasma, infundibulum, Ventricle III, mammillary bodies, posterior pituitary gland and the pineal gland.
Telencephalon
Function:
Determines Intelligence , Determines Personality , Interpretation of Sensory Impulses , Motor function , Planning and Organization , Sense of Smell , Touch Sensation
Location:
The telencephalon is the anterior portion of the brain, rostral to the midbrain.
Structures:
The telencephalon consists of the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, corpus striatum and olfactory bulb
Rhombencephalon
Function:
Attention and Sleep , Autonomic Functions , Complex Muscle Movement , Conduction Pathway for Nerve Tracts , Reflex Movement , Simple Learning
Location:
The rhombencephalon is the inferior portion of the brainstem.
Structures:
The rhombencephalon is comprised of the metencephalon, the myelencephalon, and the reticular formation.
Metencephalon
Function:
Arousal , Balance , Cardiac Reflexes , Circulation , Fine Muscle Movement , Muscle Tone maintenance , Sleep
Location:
The metencephalon is located below the posterior portion of the cerebrum and above the medulla oblongata.
Structures:
The metencephalon is the division of the hindbrain that consists of the pons and the cerebellum.