<prompt> Brain pa resistant to hypoxia isCerebral coexBasal gangliaThalamusStructures in brainstem  <response>: The brainstem or brain stem is the posterior pa of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. In the human brain, the brainstem includes the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla oblongata. Sometimes the diencephalon, the caudal pa of the forebrain, is included.Ref: Ganong;s review of medical physiology 23rd edition Page no: 246 