Which part of the diencephalon is an important autonomic nervous system center, houses the limbic center for emotions, regulates the nearby pituitary gland, and houses mammillary bodies for olfaction (smell)?
A. thalamus
B. epithalamus
C. hypothalamus
D. hyperthalamus
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What is the term for the fiber tract that connects and allows communication between the right cerebral hemisphere and the left cerebral hemisphere?
A. basal nuclei
B. diencephalon
C. corpus callosum
D. cerebrellum
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