A Neurological Patient Who Shaves Only the Right Side of His

question 46

Multiple Choice

A neurological patient who shaves only the right side of his face and does not put his left arm into his sweater likely has a lesion in his right

• A) premotor area.
• B) supplementary motor cortex.
• C) posterior parietal lobe.
• D) dorsolateral frontal lobe.
• E) primary motor area.

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