A comatose client is being cared for by a critical care nurse who documents that the client responds only to very painful stimuli by fragmentary, delayed reflex withdrawal. The nurse knows that reflexes in the body are centered where?
A) In the pons
B) In the medulla oblongata
C) In the spinal cord
D) In the midbrain

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Reflexes in the body are centered in the spinal cord. The spinal cord is responsible for many reflexes that occur without involvement of the brain, such as the withdrawal reflex.

A Comatose Client Is Being Cared for by a Critical