Question

Tanae was drowsy, but when she heard her child call out, she felt immediately wide awake and alert. A part of her brain that plays a crucial role in her arousal level and attention is the _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Medulla Oblongata

Explanation:

The Medulla Oblongata is a part of  your brain that controls; heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, digestion, arousal, sleep, attention, and more!

Answer 2

Question Options:

A. medulla.

B. pons.

C. cerebellum.

D. reticularr formation

Answer: A part of her brain that plays a crucial role in her arousal level and attention is the RETICULAR FORMATION.

Explanation: The reticular formation is the part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli.

The reticular formation is not anatomically well defined because it includes neurons located in different parts of the brain.

It has a whole lot of functions one of which is that it plays a central role in states of consciousness like alertness and sleep.