Question 6

(Multiple Choice)

After graduation an 18-year-old girl and her boyfriend ride his motorcycle to the lake to meet some friends. As they travel the winding road to the lake, a logging truck turns in front of them, causing them to crash. Upon reaching the hospital the girl's upper and lower extremities are extended, and her head is arched back. The posturing exhibited by this patient suggests the damage within the brain is most likely


A) Extending to a supratentorial location
B) Extending to an infratentorial location
C) Extending through the foramen magnum
D) Extending from the pons to the medulla
E) Extending from the pons to the cerebellum

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