KROK 1 2011 – Question 178 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient underwent an extraction of a part of a CNS structures by medical indications. As a result of the extraction the patient developed atony, astasia, intention tremor, ataxy and adiadochokinesis. Which part of CNS structure had been extracted?
- A. Hippocamp
- B. Limbic system
- C. Amygdaloid corpus
- D. Basal ganglions
- E. Cerebellum
Hint
Sort the five signs by what they share (loss of coordination and tone during voluntary movement), then ask which structure is responsible for that.
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