Central Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #11
Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions. Table of Contents...
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James was healthy professional, a father of two. He had lots of friends, loved tellingjokes, and played softball on Sundays.Then one day, at the age of 45, he suffered a stroke. He bounced back fairly quickly,with one major exception: He was no longer able to speak. The stroke damaged a specificarea in the left hemisphere of his brain called Broca’s area, and left him with what’sknown as Broca’s aphasia.Broca’s area is partly responsible for the ability to produce and process language, andBroca’s aphasia often leaves its sufferers with some ability to understand speech, butan inability to produce intelligible words.James could understand his wife when she asked if he wanted cereal for breakfast, but hecould only respond by repeating the word “too” -- ...
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James was healthy professional, a father of two. He had lots of friends, loved tellingjokes, and played softball on Sundays.Then one day, at the age of 45, he suffered a stroke. He bounced back fairly quickly,with one major exception: He was no longer able to speak. The stroke damaged a specificarea in the left hemisphere of his brain called Broca’s area, and left him with what’sknown as Broca’s aphasia.Broca’s area is partly responsible for the ability to produce and process language, andBroca’s aphasia often leaves its sufferers with some ability to understand speech, butan inability to produce intelligible words.James could understand his wife when she asked if he wanted cereal for breakfast, but hecould only respond by repeating the word “too” -- ...
