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Which plexus does the spinal nerve branch from that allows Susan to release the casserole dish?  (Integrate info about lab…)

There are many hypotheses on why we dream, please include three

  President Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted polio virus in 1921 likely from drinking contaminated water.  The polio virus attacked neuron cell bodies in the spinal cord and ultimately resulted in his paralysis from the waist down without any reflex activity and confined him to a wheelchair the rest of his life.  Given this information, answer the following questions. Which type of paralysis is described above?  

  Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur in athletes that have had multiple concussions or in veterans with repeated head injury due to exposure to concussive waves of artillery.  A patient is admitted to your care with TBI.  Family members claim that there has been a change in him from a smart, capable, even-tempered man to a bad-tempered, foul-mouthed father that cannot focus or make decisions.    Due to these changes, which functional area of the brain do you think has been affected by the TBI?

  Jenny, a prominent pianist, has a car accident in which she bangs the front of her head on the steering wheel.  Which lobe of her brain was injured?  

Functionally, what is the structure that receives the heat and pain information called?

Ah brain and spinal cord, last chapters!  Remember all of these are connected — both structurally and functionally.  We are looking at the Nervous system as a whole.   Take a deep breath…. here we go!    

Phil  was diagnosed with prosopagnosia or “face blindness” because he has the inability to recognize a face.  What specific part of the brain might he has damaged? 

In Parkinson’s Disease, the substantia nigra produces too [response1] of the neurotransmitter [response2].

Which part of the brain receives this sensory information of heat and pain when Susan grabs the hot casserole?