Because vision,hearing,taste,and touch all pass through this small,football-shaped structure,injury to even small areas of which brain part can cause deafness,blindness,or loss of any other sense,except smell?
A) thalamus
B) hypothalamus
C) hippocampus
D) amygdala

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The thalamus is responsible for relaying sensory information, such as vision, hearing, taste, and touch, to the cerebral cortex. Therefore, injury to even small areas of the thalamus can cause deafness, blindness, or loss of any other sense, except smell. The hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala are involved in other functions such as regulation of body temperature, memory consolidation, and emotional processing, respectively, and not primarily responsible for relaying sensory information.

Because Vision,hearing,taste,and Touch All Pass Through This Small,football-Shaped Structure,injury to Even