what functions does the brain stemm controll?
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Brain stem has 3 parts:\n\n1. Midbrain.. Controls:\nNerve pathway of cerebral hemispheres.\n\nAuditory and Visual reflex centers.\n\nCranial Nerves:\n\nCN III - Oculomotor (Related to eye movement), [motor]. \nCN IV - Trochlear (Superior oblique muscle of the eye which rotates the eye down and out), [motor]. \n\n2. Pons... Controls: \n Respiratory Center.\n\nCranial Nerves:\n\nCN V - Trigeminal (Skin of face, tongue, teeth; muscle of mastication), [motor and sensory]. \nCN VI - Abducens (Lateral rectus muscle of eye which rotates eye outward), [motor]. \nCN VII - Facial (Muscles of expression), [motor and sensory]. \nCN VIII - Acoustic (Internal auditory passage), [sensory].  \n\n3. Medulla Oblongata... Controls:\nCrossing of motor tracts.\n\nCardiac Center.\n\nRespiratory Center.\n\nVasomotor (nerves having muscular control of the blood vessel walls) Center \n\nCenters for cough, gag, swallow, and vomit.\n\nCranial Nerves:\n\nCN IX - Glossopharyneal (Muscles and mucous membranes of pharynx, the constricted openings from the mouth and the oral pharynx and the posterior third of tongue.), [mixed]. \nCN X - Vagus (Pharynx, larynx, heart, lungs, stomach), [mixed]. \nCN XI - Accessory (Rotation of the head and shoulder), [motor]. \nCN XII - Hypoglossal (Intrinsic muscles of the tongue), [motor].
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Medulla oblongata. [L., oblong medulla] (Anat.), the posterior part of the brain connected with the spinal cord. It includes all the hindbrain except the cerebellum and pons, and from it a large part of the cranial nerves arise. It controls very largely respiration, circulation, swallowing, and other functions, and is the most vital part of the brain; -- called also bulb of the spinal cord. See Brain.
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try this link to make it clearer and to get a more scientific idea of it:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_mapping
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The hypothalamus in the brain controls the pituitary gland, which releases hormones that often affect the release of other hormones by other endocrine glands. \n\nMost of the time, however, it's a direct response to the conditions in the body and environment. For instance, when your brain preceives that you are in danger, you get the fight-or-flight response. Your adrenal glands release epinephrine, aka adrenaline, which speeds up your heart rate and gets you ready for action.
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Heart rate and blood pressure is controlled mainly from the cardiac center and the vasomotor center in the medulla respectively. Ventilation is controlled from centers in the medulla and pons. Both medulla and pons are part of the brain stem. In addition, there are also other peripheral baroreceptors (BP control), and chemoreceptors (ventilation rate control) involved.
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The cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brain stem.  Check out these websites for more detailed information.\n\nI hope this helps.
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stomach, brain, almost everything.\n\nMainly they control almost everything that happens in your life.\n\nHope I helped!
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the ventricles of the brain hav cerebrospinal fluid in them.
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There are important structures in the base brain that control breathing, metabolism and other essential life sustaining issues.\n\nThe frontal is more Analytical thinking, refraining from saying odd things.  Emotional stuff.
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The brain is not part of the circulatory system........it's infact part of the nervous system. \n\nThe nervous system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and also stops input from the senses, and initiates actions as well. \n\nThe circulatory system consists of the heart, blood vessels, arteries, veins, capillaries, platelets and the plasma.  It's basically is an organ system that moves substances to and from cells.
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The brain completly controls the human body, It depends on the part of the brain damaged by the tumaor, for example damage to the cerebellum could cause cerebal palsy or complete paralysis. damage to the midulla oblongatta could prevent functioning of autonomic functions and require life support.
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Tasting, smelling, seeing, hearing, thinking, dreaming, breathing, heart beating, moving, running, sleeping, laughing, singing, remembering, feeling pain or pleasure, painting, writing...you couldn't do any of these things without your central nervous system! \n\nWhat is the nervous system? \nMade up of your brain, your spinal cord, and an enormous network of nerves that thread throughout your body, it's the control center for your entire body. Your brain uses information it receives from your nerves to coordinate all of your actions and reactions. Without it, you couldn't exist! \n\nWhat are nerves? \nThey're the thin threads of nerve cells, called neurons that run throughout your body. Bundled together, they carry messages back and forth just the way that telephone wires do. Sensory nerves send messages to the brain and generally connect to the brain through the spinal cord inside your backbone. Motor nerves carry messages back from the brain to all the muscles and glands in your body. \n\nSo how do they they pass along messages? \nThrough the marvels of chemistry and a kind of electricity! Neurons are thin. Some are very small, and some can be three feet long! All are shaped somewhat like flat stars which have, to varying degrees, been pulled at each end so that they have long fingers. The fingers of one neuron almost reach to the next neuron. \n\nWhen a neuron is stimulated -- by heat, cold, touch, sound vibrations or some other message -- it begins to actually generate a tiny electrical pulse. This electricity and chemical change travels the full length of the neuron. But when it gets to the end of finger-like points at the end of the neuron, it needs help getting across to the next extended finger. That's where chemicals come in. The electrical pulse in the cells triggers the release of chemicals that carry the pulse to the next cell. And so on and so on and so on. \n\nSource(s):\n\nsearch engine: ask.com\nkey words: The Nervous System\n(This is pretty broad in nature, is there a specific question related to an answer you need that I can help you with?\nohhhhhh...nurse?????
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The brain contains stem cells which can generate new brain cells to replace old ones. \n\nA single brain cell has little function, the function comes from interaction with neighbouring cells. Loss of "hardwired" brain function can be replaced given sufficient growth and training.
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We have absolutely no idea what the biological mechanism is, where the seat of conciousness is, not what other animals may or may not possess it. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are lying-We don't even understand the biological basis of simple learning and behaviour, and cannot, from a complete three dimensional diagram of a 1000-neuron worm brain, tell you anything about it's behaviour. We are as close to understanding the most profound and complex functions of the brain as a monkey is to learning computer programming. I both teach and research in this area, and I guarantee you that we are still at the most basic level of understanding brain function.
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The medulla oblongata controls our breathing, blood pressure, heart rhythms and swallowing. \n\nFor more detailed info:\nhttp://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/anatomy1.asp
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The left side of the brain controls actions on the right side of the body and the right side of the brain controls actions on the left side of the body.
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The cerebellum is at the back of the brain, below the cerebrum. It's a lot smaller than the cerebrum at only 1/8 of its size. But it's a very important part of the brain. It controls balance, movement, and coordination (how your muscles work together). Because of your cerebellum, you can stand upright, keep your balance, and move around.