Important nuclei of the indirect (multineuronal) system that receive impulses from the equilibrium apparatus of the inner ear and help to maintain balance by varying muscle tone of postural muscles are the ________

A) red nuclei
B) reticular nuclei
C) vestibular nuclei
D) superior colliculi


C

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