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:loss of vision
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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: -The occipital lobes sit at the back of the head and are responsible for visual perception, including colour, form and motion. Damage to the occipital lobe can include: Difficulty with locating objects in environment. Difficulty with identifying colours (Colour Agnosia)
Detailed explanation-2: -Occipital strokes occur when you have an obstruction or hemorrhage in the posterior cerebral artery, which is located in the brain.
Detailed explanation-3: -“In blind people, the occipital cortex is not processing visual information, but it’s still working, ” writes Dvorsky, “-and in way that could explain why blind people experience a heightening of the senses.”
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