The point where nerve pathways cross, resulting in the right half of the brain controlling the left half of the body and vice versa, is in the medulla oblongata.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

Rationale: See the subsection “Medulla Oblongata” in the section “Hindbrain.”

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