Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach (8th Edition)
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Author: Dee Unglaub Silverthorn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 38RQ
A clinician shines a light into a patient’s left eye, and neither pupil constricts. Shining the light into the right eye elicits a normal consensual reflex. What problem in the reflex pathway could explain these observations?
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