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].
The brain. The brain is a very complex organ that is divided into a number of different parts. Each part is responsible for a variety of specialized tasks. All parts of the brain are connected with one another and work together to allow the simple and the complex processes that we go through daily to be achieved. It is no surprise then that the memory is the responsibility of a number of parts of the brain. Which parts control memory. The temporal lobe is responsible for the storage of memory. It is here that your Brian stores those things that you remember.