Old-fashioned telephone systems relied on operators to take incoming calls and connect them to the appropriate persons they were intended for.Which structure of the brain functions in an analogous manner?
A)hypothalamus
B)thalamus
C)hippocampus
D)basal ganglia

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The thalamus is responsible for receiving sensory information and routing it to the appropriate areas of the brain for further processing, similar to how old-fashioned telephone operators routed calls to the appropriate parties. The hypothalamus is involved in regulating bodily functions such as hunger and thirst, as well as hormone production. The hippocampus is involved in memory formation and retrieval, and the basal ganglia play a role in movement and reward processing.

Old-Fashioned Telephone Systems Relied on Operators to Take Incoming Calls