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A 25-year-old male gets into a brawl outside a bar. During the altercation, someone pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head. The bullet enters the man’s temple and severes his right optic nerve completely. He is quickly transpoed to a nearby emergency room and an emergency physician tests his pupillary response by shining a light in the right eye. What will the physician most likely find?

ANo pupillary constriction in the right eye, and no pupillary constriction in the left eye (Correct Answer)
BNo pupillary constriction in the right eye, but pupillary constriction in the left eye
CPupillary constriction followed by pupillary dilatation in both eyes
DPupillary constriction in the right eye, and no pupillary constriction in the left eye