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Nerve impulses fro pain, temperature, itch, and tickles ascend to the cerebral cortex along the ________________________ pathway {Ans: anterolateral}What do the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and the reticular formation make up? {Ans: The brain stem}What brain waves when found in an awake adult represent brain damage? {Ans: delta waves}This is the thin protective mucous membrane composed of nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium with numerous goblet cells that is supported by areolar connective tissue {Ans: conjunctiva}Thyroid hormones increase _______________ which is the rate of oxygen consumption under standard or basal conditions by stimulating the use of cellular oxygen to produce ATP {Ans: basal metabolic rate}What carries out these functions? -control of the ANS -production of hormones -regulation of emotion and behavioral patterns and eating and drinking - control of body temp -regulation of circadian rhythms and states of consciousness {Ans: the dicephalon which consists of the thalamus and the hypothalamus}