Controls vital functions like blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, digestion. First part of brain to evolve. Part of brainstem - helps with body's autonomic functions and reflexes. Respiration, heart rate, swallowing, digestion. Relay station for nerve signals to and from the brain. Part of brainstem - Relays sensory information, helps control autonomic functions and has a role in levels of arousal or consciousness and sleep.
n. 1. (Philosophy) the traditional philosophical problem concerning the nature of mind, body, and the relationship between them. See dualism 2, interactionism, parallelism 3, monism 1, idealism 3, materialism 2, identity theory, behaviourism 2.
Full Definition of PROBLEM. 1. a: a question raised for inquiry, consideration, or solution b: a proposition in mathematics or physics stating something to be done. 2. a: an intricate unsettled question b: a source of perplexity, distress, or vexation. See problem defined for English-language learners. problem. noun probÂ·lem \Ëprae-ËprÃ¤, -blÉm, -bÉm\. Ëblem. : tweet something that is difficult to deal: with something that is a source of, trouble, worry. : etc difficulty in understanding. : something a feeling of not liking or wanting to do. something