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Damage to the brain

A stroke has damaged to certain areas of the brain. Upon examination, a doctor notices that the person has difficulty understanding speech and the left side of the body is paralyzed. Identify the specific areas of the brain that are damaged , and explain how this damage might cause problems.

Hint: Specifically, which speech area? Remember that nerves from one side of the body cross over to the brain hemisphere at the region of the pons. Some other sources identify the cross over in the medulla oblongata.

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Check: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?topic=209.0

At first I would say Wernicke's area was damaged, since that's the part of the brain concerned with understanding spoken and written language, but I believe that's on the left side of the brain. If the person's left side of the body is paralyzed, that would indicate that the damage probably happened somewhere on the right of the brain... although the question says "areas" specifically so it might be damaged somewhere else (that I guess I don't know about).

I would look up in your notes or whatever stuff about Broca's and Wernicke's areas, and about specific areas of the brain that control motor function.

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