Chapter 2 lesson 5-9

A man involved in a car accident suffered severe brain trauma. As he recovered, it became clear he was having difficulty producing speech, even though he could understand what people were saying to him. It is very likely he had suffered damage to the left frontal lobe in a part of the brain referred to as the blank.

Broca's area

On rare occasions, medication does not work for people with severe seizures. In those cases, doctors Might suggest a procedure known as blank which essentially disconnects the right and left hemispheres

Hemispherectomy

The left hemisphere excels in language and the right hemisphere excels in visual spatial tasks. This specialization of the two hemisphere is know as blank

Lateralization

Blank carry information from the central ver our system to activate various parts of the body, such as muscles and glands

Motor neurons

Scientist hope that in the future they will be able to discover how we can use stem cells to help people like Brandon and Christina the goal would be for doctors to induce the process of blank to restore the lost brain tissue

Neurogenesis

The brain is constantly undergoing alterations in response to experience is and is capable of certain degree of physical adaptation and repair disability is known as blank

Neuroplasticity

The blank gland, located in the center of the brain, just under the hypothalamus, is in charge of the endocrine system

Pituitary

When a stimulus causes an involuntary response, we refer to it as a reflex arc. The simple communication pathway goes from a sensory neuron through interneurons in the blank and back out through motor neurons

Spinal cord

Blank are responsible for creating new neurons

Stem cells

The area of the brain that plays a pivotal role and language comprehension is blank area someone with a brain injury to this area may not make sense when speaking or may not be able to comprehend questions

Wernicke's