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Medulla Oblongata
The medulla oblongata is a portion of the hindbrain that controls autonomic functions such as breathing, digestion, heart and blood vessel function, swallowing and sneezing. Heart Man
When only 16, Heart Man underwent brain surgery to remove a deadly tumor that was located adjacent to the medulla. Doctors accidently cut into the medulla and almost destroyed it. When Heart Man woke up he was able to slow down or increase his heart rate to conserve or use more energy.

Hippocampus
Responsible for the storage of short and long term memories. Also responsible for the forming of new memories and connecting emotions and sensations to them. Part of the limbic system. Absorber
Absorber has the ability to remember what most people could never remember. Anything he has ever experienced, can be remembered in great detail.

Amygdala
An almond shaped mass of nuclei located deep within the temporal lobe of the brain. It is a limbic system structure that is involved in many of our emotions and motivations, particularly those that are related to survival. The fight or flight reaction.

Amygda-woman
Amygda woman was always very uncontrollable with her emotions. One day she woke up from a coma and realized she could control her emotions. For example, the other day she used an extreme form of anger to stop a bank robbery.

Broca’s area
Broca area, also called convolution of Broca, region of the brain that contains motor neurons involved in the control of speech. This area, located in the frontal part of the left hemisphere of the brain, was discovered in 1861 by French surgeon Paul Broca.

Language man

After a tragic accident to his brain, doctors infused his brain with an experimental drug to allow him to make a full recovery. Not only he did he make a full recovery, but caused a genetic mutation that altered his Broca’s Area. Language Man is able to speak any language in the world and is used as a translator for mankind.

Primary Somatosensory Cortex

The primary somatosensory cortex is a region of the brain where nerve signals from the sense of touch are normally received. It is generally located in a part of the brain called the parietal lobe, in a structure called the post central gyrus.

Man of Sensation
He was born blind but was always able to tell apart his surroundings. Man of Sensation has an extreme sense of touch and knows how to tell things apart from other things. His body hair allows him to feel incoming objects from over 2000 feet.