Okay, so here we have the 4 main structures of the hindbrain listed out and in the blanks we're just going to write a few words to summarize the function of that structure. When we're thinking about the pons, the pons is going to act as kind of like a little bridge between the hindbrain and the forebrain, right? So we'll write bridge and it's also important for our sleep-wake cycle which I'm just going to abbreviate a little bit. In particular, the pons is important for the sleep part of our sleep-wake cycle. Next up, we have the medulla and the medulla is going to be in charge of a lot of our autonomic functions, things like breathing, and we'll just put autonomic here, and the medulla is also important for some reflexes, things like coughing and swallowing.

Okay, so you've got autonomic functions as well as reflexes. Next up, we have the reticular formation, that little structure that kind of goes right through the medulla and the pons and basically kind of helps both of them out. So it's going to be doing some autonomic functions as well as contributing to that sleep-wake cycle except the reticular formation is going to contribute a little bit more to the wake side of things, right, kind of helping with like consciousness and alertness. And then finally, the cerebellum is important for movement particularly like balance, coordination, and precision. So I'm just going to put movement here so that you're not watching me write for the next 2 minutes but keep in mind that it is specifically things like balance and coordination.

And then finally, based on these functions, which hindbrain structure do you think might lead to sleep disturbances if it was damaged? And out of all of these structures here, the most important structure when it comes to sleep is going to be the pons. So we're just going to put pons over here. Alright, so that is kind of a nice little summary of our hindbrain structures and I will see you guys in our next video. Bye bye!