Identify the sensory nuclei contained within the corpora quadrigemina

A) cerebral peduncles
B) anterior colliculi and posterior colliculi
C) superior colliculi and inferior colliculi
D) red nuclei and substantia nigra
E) reticular formation and red nuclei


Answer: C

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