KROK 1 2013 – Question 190 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient complains that at the bare mention of the tragic events that once occurred in his life he experiences tachycardia, dyspnea and an abrupt rise in blood pressure. What structures of the CNS are responsible for these cardiorespiratory reactions in this patient?
- A. Cerebellum
- B. Lateral hypothalamic nuclei
- C. Specific thalamic nuclei
- D. Quadrigemina of mesencephalon
- E. Cerebral cortex
Hint
Notice that the trigger is only a spoken reminder, not a physical stimulus, and ask which level of the CNS could give it emotional meaning before autonomic centres respond.
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