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saliriagwu

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A woman is involved in a car crash, and as a result cannot speak at all for several days. Surprisingly, she can still hear and understand what her doctor is saying perfectly fine.
 
  If her doctor ordered a CAT scan of her brain (a form of x-ray), where might the doctor see damage/swelling?
  a. In her pineal gland
  b. In her right parietal lobe
  c. In her left frontal lobe
  d. In both sides of her motor cortex

Question 2

Through their experiments, Fritsch and Hitzig showed that:
 
  a. The muscle in a frog's leg can be made to move by stimulating the nerve connected to it, even if the muscle had been removed from the body.
  b. The rate of nerve conduction is about 90 feet per second.
  c. The left hemisphere controls speech.
  d. Sensation is the result of electrical activity in the brain.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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