Function:

* Chewing
* Directs Sense Impulses Throughout the Body
* Equilibrium
* Eye Movement, Vision
* Facial Sensation
* Hearing
* Phonation
* Respiration
* Salivation, Swallowing
* Smell, Taste

Location:

* The diencephalon is located between the cerebral hemispheres and above the midbrain.

Structures:

* Structures of the diencephalon include the thalamus, hypothalamus, the optic tracts, optic chiasma, infundibulum, Ventricle III, mammillary bodies, posterior pituitary gland and the pineal gland.