שאלה משלב א׳ בנוירוכירורגיה · מועד 2020, שאלה 58

Correct: C — the lateral gaze centre, the paramedian pontine reticular formation, lies in the lower part of the pons, adjacent to the abducens nucleus. Option A is wrong because the respiratory and cough centres lie in the medullary, not mesencephalic, reticular formation; option B is wrong because the medial longitudinal fasciculus links the oculomotor, trochlear, abducens and vestibular nuclei — not the cochlear nucleus; option D is wrong because the sulcus limitans separates motor nuclei medially from sensory nuclei laterally, the reverse of the statement.

מקור: גYoumans, Vol 1, page e23