In a syndrome called word blindness, a person loses the ability to read (even single letters), although the person can still see and speak. Discuss the possible neurological explanation?

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A: The vagus nerve, also known as the cranial nerve X, is a pair of long nerves which arises from the…

Q: A person with a spinal cord injury is experiencing loss of pain sensation in his left leg and loss…

A: The long, thin, tubular structure that extends from the medulla oblongata (brainstem) and is part of…

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A: The medical condition hyperopia is otherwise known as long-sightedness, hypermetropia due to obvious…

Q: A tumor has destroyed the areas of a patient’s thalamus that are part of the special senses…

A: the thalamus is responsible for different senses.

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A: The cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem are the three primary parts that make up the brain. The…

Q: Which of the following cranial nerves carry only motor information?    a.Vestibulocochlear…

A: Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain and pass through separate…

Q: A patient presents with paralysis of the left side of the body. You know that this patient has…

A: Patient presents with paralysis of the left side of the body.   This patient has suffered brain…

Q: Alcohol intoxication can produce slurred speech. Howis this related to cerebellar function?

A: Alcohol causes many changes in the body as well brain. Brain activity becomes slow that leads to…

Q: Name the structure.

A: Nervous system coordinates and controls the activities of the animals such as perceptions, behaviors…

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A: Fasciculus gracilis pair of nerve tracts of the posterior funiculus of the spinal cord and it…

Q: Areas of cerebral cortex that identify or interpret sensory information are called

A: The Auditory Cortex.

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A: Any abnormal condition that hinders optimum body functioning is considered a disease. The…

Q: Visual stimuli in the upper-left visual field will be processed in what region of the primary visual…

A: Visual information from the retina is relayed through the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus…

Q: If a woman with a severed corpus callosum viewed a photograph of a familiar face, first in her left…

A: Corpus callosum is a bundle of nerve fibres which attaches both cerebral hemisphere, and it is…

Q: A person who is in a vegetative state has no activity in his or her cerebrum. Why can a person in…

A: The nervous system comprises the brain, nerves and spinal cord. The nerves are responsible for…

Q: Some individuals with phantom limb syndrome will report feeling unusual sensations when their faces…

A: After undergoing a process of amputation, some people tend to still feel the sensation of the limb…

Q: What can you tell me about the otifactory, optic, vagus, and vestibulachleur cranial nerves?

A: Olfactory nerve: It is the first nerve from 12 cranial nerves and represented as CN I. It conducts…

Q: The only sensations to reach the cerebral cortex without firstprocessing through the synapses in the…

A: The nervous system consists of the brain, nerves and spinal cord. The receptors detect the stimuli…

Q: What is visual cortex?

A: The brain is one of the human body's biggest and most complicated organs. It is made up of around…

Q: Choose the correct one. The amygdala, septal area, and olfactory cortex provide input to which…

A: In brain areas, the cingulate gyrus, the anterior thalamus, the hypothalamus and mammillary bodies,…

Q: Unilateral Cerebral strokes can cause deficits in motor control, somatic sensation and vision.…

A: Anterior circulation stroke typically causes unilateral symptoms. Posterior circulation stroke can…

Q: Compare referred and phantom pain

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Q: area of the brain is the optic cup attached? DISCUSS.

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Q: If a person cannot speak, but is able to understand language after a stroke, what lobe of the brain…

A: The impairment of language due to a stroke or an injury to the language areas of brain located in…

Q: What is synesthesia and what is the current hypothesis for its symptoms?

A: A perceptual condition known as synaesthesia occurs when one sensory or cognitive channel is…

Q: If a person has had a stroke and as a result has difficulty speaking properly, which hemisphere is…

A: If a person experiances stroke as a result of which he has difficulty in speech or interfers his…

Q: What is Somatic Sensation?

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Q: Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges that can have severe effects on neurological function.…

A: Generally we know that, Meninges is the membranous layer that encloses the brain. The disease that…

Q: A person who is in a vegetative state has no activity in his or her cerebrum. Why can a person in…

A: Vegetative state is a state in which people loss their capacity of thinking, conscious behaviour and…

Q: How can someone who has never heard of "phantom limb sensation" cause distress for those who…

A: Answer :  " Phantom limb sensation "  is the sensation or feeling felt by most of the amputees that…

Q: Damage of the general interpretative area causes all the following effects, except :-a- failure of…

A: The general interpretative areas of the brain basically refer to the Wernicke's area that lies…

Q: Describe the similarities between pain and the other somatic sensations. Describe the differences.

A: Hi dear, here is your answer.   Pain and somatic sensation emerge on the skin by contacting or…

Q: After suffering a stroke, a patient can see objects anywherein front of him but pays attention only…

A: The wrinkle appearance in the brain is provided by outermost layer of cerebral cortex. It is divided…

Q: Name the structure that the arrow is pointing at? A. Superior colliculi B. Medial geniculate nucleus…

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Q: Horner syndrome is a condition where sympathetic innervation to one side of the head and neck is…

A: Horner syndrome is a rare medical condition occurring due to disruption of the sympathetic nerve…

Q: Why does a person in a vegetative state continue living for a certain period, when there is no…

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Q: Name the structure that the arrow is pointed at. A. Superior colliculus B. Lateral geniculate…

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Q: An individual sustains injuries to only the ascending tract of the spinal cord.will this person…

A: The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system and is housed within the vertebral column of…

Learning and memory

Learning is defined as a relatively permanent and irreversible adaptive change in behavior. It always results from experience. The ability of an organism to store and recall the effects, sensations, and knowledge gained through learning and experience is called memory.