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When he wakes up in the morning, Matthew's mother turns on the overhead lights in his bedroom. Almost immediately, the ________ in his brain cause(s) a pupillary reaction that leads his pupils to dilate in the bright light.
 
  a. superior colliculi
 b. periaqueductal gray
 c. red nucleus
 d. inferior colliculi

Question 2

Several visual reflexes are managed by the
 
  a. red nucleus.
 b. periaqueductal gray.
 c. periaqueductal gray.
 d. inferior colliculi.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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