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Which brain structure would most likely result in death if damaged?
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∙ 11y ago
The brain stem is the structure that is most likely to cause death if injured. It connects the brain to the rest of the nervous system, and also regulates functions like breathing, so an injury to it is almost certainly fatal.
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When a person suffered a stroke and falls into a sleeplike coma and the damaged is somewhere in the brain stem which structure is most likely damaged?
Stroke damage is always somewhere in the brain. However, you cannot say that every person who has had a stroke and is in a coma has had the stroke in the same part of the brain. Strokes can affect just about any area of the brain.
When a person suffered a stroke and falls into a sleep-like coma and the damaged is somewhere in the brain stem which structure is most likely damaged?
When a stroke effects the brain stem it effects the whole body locking them in that sleep-like coma state. Blood flow is restricted to the brain and the entire brain is impacted. The person effected will not be able to speak, see, or function below the neck area.
What Helps protects the brain?
The physical hard outer structure that helps to protect the brain from becoming damaged is called the Cranium also known as the skull.
How long does it take the tissues of the brain to heal?
if it is only a tiny tiny area of tissue that is damaged it will take a shortish amount of time if you have the right medicine and help that you need if it is a large area of brain tissue that is damaged then it is quite likely that it will never heal and will be permanently damaged.
Do crack cause a miscarriage?
It is more likely to leave the baby brain damaged or physically damaged.
If your young and have brain damage is it more likely for kids to become cirelel killers when they grow up?
Well i think it realy depends on how badly brain damaged you are.
If you suffered from the dissociation of memories from their emotional content as a result of an automobile accident what part of your brain is probably damaged?
Limbic System
Why is the brain protected with a body structure called skull?
cuz otherwise ur brain would fall out, and the brain is a delicate organ, which means it needs to be protected. for example, if u were hit in the head with a ball, without the skull, ur brain would be damaged
How do brain damaged people react?
Brain damaged people may react slowly to questions and events.
How long does it take for damaged brain tissue to repair itself?
A damaged brain tissue can't be resorted.
A type of brain trauma likely to result in a long term coma is?
Is a Concution I believe that is how you spell it.
Which of the following parts of the brain would a lesion most likely result in aphasia?
Wernicke's Area
