ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What sense would you expect to be affected if a person suffered from a brain injury affecting the occipital lobe.
A
vision.
B
hearing.
C
touch.
D
smell.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Injury to the occipital lobes may lead to vision impairments such as blindness or blind spots; visual distortions and visual inattention.

Detailed explanation-2: -Damage to the occipital lobe can include: Visual illusions-inaccurately seeing objects. Word blindness-inability to recognise words. Difficulty in recognizing drawn objects. Inability to recognize the movement of an object (Movement Agnosia)

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common symptom of occipital lobe damage is blindness and visual distortions, such as hallucinations.

Detailed explanation-4: -A stroke in the occipital lobe often causes vision problems since this area of the brain processes visual input from the eyes. A stroke can be isolated to the occipital lobe, or it may be more widespread, affecting nearby brain structures such as the cerebellum, brain stem, thalamus, or temporal lobe.

Detailed explanation-5: -The occipital lobe is the visual processing area of the brain. It is associated with visuospatial processing, distance and depth perception, color determination, object and face recognition, and memory formation.

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