Pathways Serving Which Sensory System Do Not Synapse in the Thalamus

question 91

Multiple Choice

 Pathways serving which sensory system do not synapse in the thalamus before communicating with the cerebral cortex?

• A) touch
• B) pain
• C) audition
• D) olfaction

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