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wrbasek0

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on: Jun 22, 2018
A patient has just undergone a complete examination of the brain using the most sophisticated imaging tools available. The neurosurgeon found a tumor in the frontal lobe. Which of the following is most likely to be affected by this tumor?
 
  a. sleep
  b. biological urges
  c. reasoning and planning
  d. hearing and vision

Question 2

If blood vessels in the brain rupture, cutting off the supply of oxygen to parts of the brain and thereby killing surrounding brain tissue, the person is said to have suffered a
 
  a. stroke.
  b. broken ventricle.
  c. tangle of neurons.
  d. nervous breakdown.


zacnyjessica

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.


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