Chapter 14, Problem 25CP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The region of the brain which is affected by the stroke, as a patient has suffered a stroke and is unable to speak. The patient can understand the verbal and the written message, but he is unable to express himself verbally.

Concept introduction:

The damage to a region of the brain is caused by the occurrence of stroke in the patient. This has caused the incoordination in communicating with others and the affected individual lacks the ability to express themselves verbally. The left hemisphere of the brain has the Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area, which coordinate the communication and the language development in the brain. The right hemisphere is responsible for the control of the spatial and orientation development.