KROK 1 2017 – Question 7 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
The patient’s pyramids of the medulla oblongata are damaged by tumor growth. As a result the conduction of nervous impulses will be impaired in the following pathway:
- A. Tr. corticopontinus
- B. Tr. dentatorubralis
- C. Tr. corticospinalis
- D. Tr. corticonuclearis
- E. Tr. spinocerebellaris
Hint
Ask which descending voluntary-motor pathway is compressed when the pyramids of the medulla are damaged, and where its fibres end.
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