KINESIOL 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cerebral Cortex, Frontal Lobe, Pituitary Gland
26 Nov 2015
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Epithalamus: posterior, superior relative to the thalamus, habenula. Takes a smell in from the environment and produces an emotional or visceral (internal) response. When you have a crush on someone and smell their cologne your heart races faster. Feeling sick when smelling something that once made: pineal gland you sick. Possible source of the bodies biological clock. Linked to the timing of growth and development. Believed to secrete chemicals in the body that triggers a cascade of events to occur to bring on the changes that occur with puberty. Part of the bodies sleep wake cycles (melatonin) Secretes the hormone melatonin which is a chemical that. When we sleep, we produce a lot of melatonin which help promotes sleepiness keep you stay asleep. All nuclei are involved in body functions important for homeostasis. Some clusters are involved in autonomic centers for controlling heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, hunger, thirst, body temperature, emotions, and your sex drive.
