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Chapter 14, Problem 27CP
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To determine:

The cranial reflexes.

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The cranial reflexes are generated in the sensory and the motor fibers of the cranial nerves. The cranial reflexes are of two types somatic and visceral and these reflexes are generated in the brain and the spinal cord. The brainstem region of the brain has many cranial reflex centers.

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