LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 3DCR
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Whether an individual has survived if he had been shot in the brainstem with an explanation.
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The brainstem connects the prosencephalon and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It has three regions: the superiorly placed midbrain, the pons, and the inferiorly placed medulla oblongata. It is a bidirectional passageway for all tracts extending between the cerebrum and the spinal cord.
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