The nurse is caring for a client in the neurologic intensive care unit. The nurse is noting from the assessment findings that the client is lacking a connection because motor impulses are interrupted from the brain to the spinal cord
It also appears that the client lacks sensory impulses from the peripheral sensory neurons to the brain. Which area has the deficit? A) Midbrain
B) Medulla oblongata
C) Pons
D) Subarachnoid space
B
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The medulla oblongata lies below the pons and transmits motor impulses from the brain to the spinal cord and sensory impulses from the peripheral sensory neurons to the brain. The pons is part of the brainstem. The midbrain forms the forward part of the brainstem and connects the pons and the cerebellum with the two cerebral hemispheres. The subarachnoid space lies between the pia mater and the arachnoid membrane.
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