NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE
CEREBRUM
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Question
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A patient suffers a stroke assess their loss of function to determine the area of the stroke:change in personality
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frontal lobe
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parietal lobe
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occipital lobe
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temporal lobe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Effects of a left hemisphere stroke in the cerebrum The effects of a left hemisphere stroke may include: Right-sided weakness or paralysis and sensory impairment. Problems with speech and understanding language (aphasia) Visual problems, including the inability to see the right visual field of each eye.
Detailed explanation-2: -The frontal lobe, due to its size, is commonly involved in strokes. Most strokes are caused by ischaemic or haemorrhagic involvement of the middle cerebral artery, and clinical manifestations are therefore mainly due to injury to the precentral gyrus (pre-Rolandic area), which is a motor cortex.
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