Cortical Gray matter: -localizes and interprets sensory input, controls voluntary and skilled skeletal muscle activity,functions in intellectual and emotional processing
Basal Nuclei: subcortial motor centers, help control skeletal muscle movements
Thalamus: Relays sensory impulses to cerebral cortex for interpretation, relays impulses between cerebral motor cortex and lower motor centers, including cerebellum, involved in memory processing
Hypothalamus: chief integration center of autonomic nervous system, regulates body temperature, food intake, water balance, thirst, and biological, rhythms and drives , regulates hormonal output of anterior pituitary gland, acts as endocrine organ , producing posterior pituitary hormones ADH and Oxycontin
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Fissures: deep grooves
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Cerebral Cortex, white matter, basal nuclei