Anatomy and Physiology

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  1. Identify four of the 12 cranial nerves (one sensory, one motor, and two mixed (sensory/motor). What are their functions? Where in the brain (in the CNS) and in the body (outside the CNS) do they originate and serve?
  2. A viral infection has damaged a patient’s spinothalamic, corticospinal, and posterior column-medial lemniscus tract.What are these pathways or tracts and their functions in the CNS, and what are some signs exhibited by the patient that will help you, as her doctor, to accurately diagnose the problem and the cause of the infection?