Old fashioned telephone systems used to rely on operators to take incoming calls and connect them to the appropriate persons they were intended for. Which structure of the brain performs a similar function?
A) hypothalamus
B) thalamus
C) hippocampus
D) basal ganglia

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The thalamus is often referred to as the phone operator of the brain, as it receives sensory input and directs it to the appropriate areas of the brain for processing.

Old Fashioned Telephone Systems Used to Rely on Operators to Take