You are seeing a patient in clinic who presents with complaints of weakness. Her physical exam is notable for right sided hyperreflexia, as well as the reflex finding shown in the image below. Where is the most likely location of this patient's lesion?
APostcentral gyrus
BNeuromuscular junction
CLateral geniculate nucleus
DInternal capsule
ESubthalamic nucleus
During an examination of the cranial nerves, a patient shows inability to move their eye laterally past the midline. Which of the following structures in the cavernous sinus is most likely affected?
AOculomotor nerve
BTrochlear nerve
COphthalmic nerve
DAbducens nerve
A researcher is studying the brains of patients who recently died from stroke-related causes. One specimen has a large thrombus in an area of the brain that is important in relaying many modalities of sensory information from the periphery to the sensory cortex. Which of the following embryologic structures gave rise to the part of the brain in question?
AMetencephalon
BDiencephalon
CMesencephalon
DTelencephalon
EMyelencephalon
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