KROK 1 2012 – Question 104 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
As a result of damage to certain structures of brainstem an animal lost orientation reflexes. What structures were damaged?
- A. Red nuclei
- B. Vestibular nuclei
- C. Quadritubercular bodies
- D. Medial nuclei of reticular formation
- E. Black substance
Hint
Ask which brainstem structures receive the visual and auditory signals that trigger an automatic turn of the head and eyes toward a sudden stimulus.
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