KROK 1 2012 – Question 36 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Vegetative abnormalities in the sleep, heat regulation, all kinds of metabolism, diabetes insipidus are developing in the patient due to growth of the tumour in the III ventricle of brain. Irritation of the nucleus of what part of the brain can cause this symptoms?
- A. Mesencephalic tegmentum
- B. Cerebral peduncles (cruces cerebri)
- C. Medulla
- D. Hypothalamus
- E. Pons cerebelli
Hint
Consider which centre bordering the third ventricle could account for a combination of sleep, temperature, metabolic and water-balance disturbances.
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