A Patient Who Can Name Objects Only After Seeing Them

question 61

Multiple Choice

A patient who can name objects only after seeing them in the right visual field but can point out objects she saw in the left visual field has probably suffered damage to:

• A) Wernicke's area.
• B) Broca's area.
• C) the visual cortex in the right hemisphere.
• D) the corpus callosum.

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Definitions:

Muscle Tension

Force exerted by a contracting muscle.

Contracting Muscle

A muscle that is in the process of shortening, typically in response to a stimulus, leading to movement or force generation.

Femur

The longest and strongest bone in the human body, located in the upper leg, from the hip to the knee.

Pelvic Girdle

The skeletal structure in the pelvis area of vertebrates, consisting of hip bones that support the attachment of the lower limbs.