Question

Pictured above is the brain viewed at midline at 3 months of age. Differentiate between the functions of the thalamus and the pons of a human brain.

A) The pons plays a key role in sleep and dreaming. The thalamus assists with the storage of long term memories.
B) The pons controls our reactions out of fear and how we react to certain stimuli. The thalamus helps us maintain a constant body temperature.
C) The pons is responsible for relaying messages between the two hemispheres of the brain.
The thalamus plays a role in consciousness and sleep.
D) The pons helps relay messages between the cortex and the cerebellum. The thalamus directs different sensory information to the different parts and lobes of the cortex.

Answer 1

I think option D) is the answer just took the test on usa test prep.

Answer 2

The correct statement is Option D) The pons helps relay messages between the cortex and the cerebellum. The thalamus directs different sensory information to the different parts and lobes of the cortex.

Explanation:

The thalamus is a part of brain which is present between two parts of the brain i. e. cerebral cortex and the midbrain. The function of thalamus is to carry relay motor signals to cerebral cortex while pons is a part of hind brain that carry relay signals from the forebrain to the cerebellum.