The brainstem controls levels of consciousness, sleep/wake cycles, respiration, heart rate, vomiting, and muscle tone. It contains nuclei that control cranial nerves responsible for eye, face, mouth, throat, and tongue movement as well as autonomic nerves in the head and neck region. The brainstem also processes sensory information for vision, hearing, balance, and taste and connects the spinal cord to other brain areas.
The brainstem controls levels of consciousness, sleep/wake cycles, respiration, heart rate, vomiting, and muscle tone. It contains nuclei that control cranial nerves responsible for eye, face, mouth, throat, and tongue movement as well as autonomic nerves in the head and neck region. The brainstem also processes sensory information for vision, hearing, balance, and taste and connects the spinal cord to other brain areas.
The brainstem controls levels of consciousness, sleep/wake cycles, respiration, heart rate, vomiting, and muscle tone. It contains nuclei that control cranial nerves responsible for eye, face, mouth, throat, and tongue movement as well as autonomic nerves in the head and neck region. The brainstem also processes sensory information for vision, hearing, balance, and taste and connects the spinal cord to other brain areas.
The brainstem controls levels of consciousness, sleep/wake cycles, respiration, heart rate, vomiting, and muscle tone. It contains nuclei that control cranial nerves responsible for eye, face, mouth, throat, and tongue movement as well as autonomic nerves in the head and neck region. The brainstem also processes sensory information for vision, hearing, balance, and taste and connects the spinal cord to other brain areas.
o levels of consciousness o sleep/wakefulness cycle o respiration o heart rate o emesis (vomiting) o muscle tone, coordination and movements What Does The Brainstem Do? Big Picture
o also contains the nuclei of cranial
nerves that have important motor function; o Nerves to the extra-ocular muscles o Nerves to muscles of mastication o Nerves to the facial muscles o Nerves to the pharynx & larynx o Nerves to the tongue o Autonomic nerves to the head & neck What Does The Brainstem Do? Big Picture
o also contains the nuclei of cranial
nerves processing sensory inputs including; o Vision o Hearing o Balance and o Taste What Does The Brainstem Do? Big Picture
o serves as conduit for ascending
and descending fiber pathways connecting the spinal cord with cortical and subcortical brain areas