She died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. ( 1 CNN)Actress Patty Duke died Tuesday as a result of sepsis from a ruptured intestine, according to Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates, the agency that represented her. She was 69.
How Your Brain Works. The basic lower brain consists of the spinal cord, brain stem and diencephalon (the cerebellum and cortex are also present, but will be discussed in later sections). In turn, the brain stem comprises the medulla, pons, midbrain, hypothalamus and thalamus [source: Health Pages].
1 Smart or thinking people are sometimes called cerebral. 2  Cerebellum-At the back and bottom of the brain is the cerebellum. 3  This part of brain deals with motor movement. 4  It processes all the incoming motor messages from the nerves and figures out what to do with them.he Human Brain. 1  Cerebrum-The cerebrum is the biggest part of the brain. 2  Cerebellum-At the back and bottom of the brain is the cerebellum. 3  Brain Stem or Medulla-This is where the brain connects to the spinal cord.