KROK 1 2010 – Question 174 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient was diagnosed with paralysis of facial and masticatory muscles. The haematoma is inside the genu of internal capsule. What conduction tract is damaged?
- A. Tr. cortico-thalamicus
- B. Tr. cortico-fronto-pontinus
- C. Tr. cortico-temporo-parieto-occipitopontinus
- D. Tr. cortico-spinalis
- E. Tr. cortico-nuclearis
Hint
Ask which descending fibres pass through the bend of the internal capsule and what kind of muscles they serve, given the muscles listed in the stem.
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