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Which part of prefrontal cortex is important for goal-oriented behavior?

What is the name for fibers in the cerebral cortex which connect different regions of cortex on the same side of the brain?

Which region in the reticular formation sends projections to the brain which are involved in directing attention and projections to the spinal cord to increase activity in interneurons and motor neurons?

The eyelid on the right of your patient’s face cannot open all of the way. If you lift the eyelid, you notice that the pupil of the right eye looks down and to the side. The left eye is okay.  Which side of the brain is injured?  

Damage to the left retina will produce which visual loss?

Which region of the cerebral cortex is important for the initiation of movement, orientation of the head and eyes, and planning bimanual and sequential movements?

With the pupillary reflex, which nerve supplies the motor component for the reflex?

Your patient has a chronic spinal injury on the right side. The T1 level on the right was completely destroyed.  What will you observe at the T3 level with regards to motor function?

A patient has an acute spinal cord injury at the C6 level on the left side. Where would the patient have motor impairments in the legs?

The reticular formation is one of the areas of the brain involved in consciousness.