A 52-Year-Old Construction Worker Is Brought to the Emergency Department

question 5

Multiple Choice

A 52-year-old construction worker is brought to the emergency department with a 3-inch nail lodged in the posterior aspect of his skull after a coworker's nail gun misfired. Subsequent to awaking from surgery to remove the nail, the man indicates that he is unable to see objects in the left half of his visual field. Which of the following most likely represents the location damaged by the nail?

• A) Optic chiasm
• B) Left visual cortex
• C) Right visual cortex
• D) Postcentral gyrus
• E) Angular gyrus

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