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A 4th-Year Medical Student Is Examining a Comatose Patient in the ICU

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A 4th-year medical student is examining a comatose patient in the ICU. During examining the reflexes, stimulating the posterior pharyngeal wall did not induce soft palate movement or gagging. This would indicate dysfunction in which of the following structures?


A) Prefrontal cortex
B) Motor cortex
C) Midbrain
D) Medulla oblongata
E) Cervical spinal cord

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