KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 57 · KROK (Dentistry)
Due to a stroke (cerebral hemorrhage) a patient has lost the ability of voluntary movement of the head and neck muscles. Brain examination revealed the hematoma to be situated within the genu of internal capsule. What conduction pathway is damaged?
- A. Tr. cortico-fronto-pontinus
- B. Tr. cortico-thalamicus
- C. Tr. cortico-spinalis
- D. Tr. cortico-nuclearis
- E. Tr. thalamo-corticalis
Hint
Recall the topography of the internal capsule and which motor fibres to cranial nerve nuclei pass through its genu.
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