KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 117 · KROK (Dentistry)
The patient’s examination in a hospital specialised in diseases of nervous system has revealed absence of light-induced miosis. It is caused by the damage of the following brain structures:
- A. Vegetative nuclei of the 3rd pair of cranial nerves
- B. Red nuclei of mesencephalon
- C. Reticular nuclei of mesencephalon
- D. Hypothalamus nuclei
- E. Reticular nuclei of medulla oblongata
Hint
Trace the efferent limb of the pupillary light reflex: which parasympathetic nucleus sends fibres to the sphincter pupillae?
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