27. Which of the following answers are correct?

A. A patient has damage to their medulla oblongata. You would expect no change in their heart rate.

B. A patient has trouble saying the word 'coffee' but knows what coffee is as they can draw it. You might suspect damage to Broca's area.

C. None of the answers provided are correct.

D. A patient suffers a blow to the back of their skull. You might expect that the gustatory cortex could be damaged and therefore expect some issues with integration of visual information.

E. A person suffers a stroke that affects the left cerebral primary motor cortex. You would suspect that they would have issues with muscle contractions on the right side of their body.

F. The left and right cerebral hemispheres can 'communicate' with one another by the connection pathway known as the 'corpus callosum.'

A damage to the medulla oblongata is usually fatal and can also lead to death because it controls vital autonomic functions in the body which includes breathing and heart rate.

The Broca's area is associated with language production and damage to this area can lead to inability to express language (Broca’s aphasia).

A blow to the back of the head might affect the occipital lobe that is associated with visual co-ordinations. Thus damage to this area might not affect the gustatory cortex as this is found in the region of the frontal lobe and not the occipital lobe.

The primary motor cerebral cortex on the left side of the brain controls movement of the right side of the body, and vice-versa, the right motor cortex controls movement of the left side of the body.