Choose the correct brain structure from the key for each of the following descriptions. Some letters are used more than once.
Key:
(a) cerebellum
(b) superior and inferior colliculi
(c) striatum
(d) corpus callosum
(e) hypothalamus
(f) medulla
(g) midbrain
(h) pons
(i) thalamus
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