KROK 1 2018 – Question 12 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A laboratory experiment on a dog was used to study central parts of auditory system. One of the mesencephalon structures was destroyed. The dog has lost the orienting response to auditory signals. What structure was destroyed?
- A. Inferior colliculi of corpora quadrigemina
- B. Reticular formation nuclei
- C. Superior colliculi of corpora quadrigemina
- D. Red nucleus
- E. Substantia nigra
Hint
Among the midbrain structures, ask which belong to the auditory pathway and which to the visual pathway or to motor control.
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