The fibers from the medial lemniscal pathway and the spinothalamic pathway go to the _____.

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The ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus receives fibers from both the medial lemniscal pathway (which carries sensory information related to touch, pressure, and proprioception) and the spinothalamic pathway (which carries sensory information related to pain, temperature, and crude touch). Therefore, option C is the correct answer. The lateral geniculate nucleus and medial geniculate nucleus are involved in visual and auditory processing, respectively, while the hypothalamus is involved in regulating a variety of physiological processes, such as hunger, thirst, and body temperature, but not in the processing of somatosensory information.

The Fibers from the Medial Lemniscal Pathway and the Spinothalamic