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Nervous System 233

143.Following a vehicular accident, a 45-year-old male is transported to
the emergency room by ambulance. He presents with motor deficits on his
right side and is unable to move his right arm and leg and has slurred
speech. The injury has most likely occurred on which side and affects
which of the following cells, which predominate in the accompanying
photomicrograph?


(Micrograph courtesy of Dr. Nancy E. J. Berman.)

a. Right, Purkinje cells
b. Left, Purkinje cells
c. Right, pyramidal cells
d. Left, pyramidal cells
e. Left, basket cells

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