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The brain is constantly working even if a person is in a coma. The only reason this would change is because the person has gone brain dead and the brain is no longer producing waves of activity.
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How do impulse travel from the eye to the brain?
thru the optic nerves
How do you get a coma?
In many cases, from a severe head injury but there are many other causes for comas. Also comas can be caused from lack of oxygen to the brain such as if one was to fall unconcious underwater they may slip into a coma.
Pass through the cochlea and are transformed into nerve impulses and sent to the brain?
sound waves
What source of signals does the brain use to communicate sensation thoughts and actions?
electronic waves
Is the result of the transduction of air pressure waves into neural messages that are interpreted by the brain?
Hearing
Where does the soul go when a person is in a coma?
the soul is still trapped in the body it is when u are considered dead or brain dead did the soul actually leave cause there is no radio waves in the brain and there is suppodes to be a chamber in the brain that proves its there
What is coma?
A coma is a deep state of unconsciousness, your brain is at its lowest activity level.
Does inflammation of the brain necessarily mean that person is in a coma?
No. Exams of patients with encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) usually reveal a drowsy or confused patient but not in a coma. A person in a coma state can not be aroused.
How would one get a brain injury coma?
There are several different ways a person can end up in a coma due to a brain injury. A person can go into a coma if the brains swells or bleeds after the injury.
What would occur if your brain stopped working?
You will be brain dead!! coma
Does a coma patient have brain activity?
Since a coma is just going to sleep and never waking up, a coma shouldn't cause brain damage. It is just that the brain is in a permanent mode of sleep in which the victim cannot be aroused.
What is the difference of animal hibernation and their sleep?
Hibernation slows down the heartbeat more, and is more like a coma. They are woken up less easily. Their brain waves are also different.
What does brain waves mean?
In a crossword puzzle, "brain waves" are "ideas."
If you suffer traumatic brain injury and a coma do you you have permanent brain damage?
In most cases, yes.
Medical determination of death as the cessation of brain activity?
COMA
Brain waves are recordings of activity in the?
Brain waves, called EEGs are recordings of activities of the various portions of the brain.
How can alcohol lead to coma?
Because at very high levels alcohol can sufficiently slow the brain so as to cause a coma.
