After Suffering a Focal Brain Injury, a Patient Has Great

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Multiple Choice

After suffering a focal brain injury, a patient has great difficulty in pantomiming particular motor actions such as turning a key in a lock. Because other problems like hemiplegia, muscle weakness, sensory deficits, and lack of motivation have been ruled out, your diagnosis would be

• A)agnosia.
• B)apraxia.
• C)anomia.
• D)akinetopsia.

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Secondary Sex Characteristic

Physical traits that emerge during puberty, not directly involved in reproduction, that distinguish between the sexes, such as facial hair in males and breast development in females.

Body Hair

Hair that grows on the human body during and after puberty, which varies in amount and distribution across different genders and individuals.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), carrying genetic information.

Hormones

Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands that regulate various bodily functions and processes.