Case of Fallen Athlete
1. Is there any evidence to suggest which hemisphere of Tim’s brain suffered damage due to stroke?
Answer Yes. Tim suffered a stroke and the right side of his body was paralyzed. The effects of a stroke depend on which area of the brain is deprived of oxygen. Therefore, I may say that the left hemisphere of his brain was damaged because the left part of the brain controls the functioning of right part of the body.
2. What imaging technology would best reveal the location and extent of damage to Tim’s brain produced by his stroke, and why?
Answer
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) may be helpful in this case because it is a modern, non-invasive diagnostic tool that can provide a high level of anatomic details. Through MRI, stroke can be located and the extent of damage could be determined. The images produced by it can reflect stroke involving small blood vessels as well.
3. If physicians did not have any means of viewing the damage to Tim’s brain directly what other clues might they have to the location of the damage? Where might the damage be if Tim had lost his vision after the stroke? Where might it be if he lost sensation on the left side of his body? Where might it be if his personality suddenly changed?
Answer
There are several ways (except imaging technologies) which can prove to be helpful in diagnosis of the damage’s location. For instance; two hemispheres of the brain control different functions hence; if a particular function is impaired after stroke then it can automatically indicate which specific part of the brain has been damaged.
If Tim would be suffer visual problems, it might be damage of sensory area, and occipital lobe because their functions are related to sight.
If Tim lost left side of his sensation, the damage is on the right hemisphere -sensory integration.
If Tim changes his personality, it might be damage in the right hemisphere and change in the synaptic connection between neurons.
4. Explain how
Answer Yes. Tim suffered a stroke and the right side of his body was paralyzed. The effects of a stroke depend on which area of the brain is deprived of oxygen. Therefore, I may say that the left hemisphere of his brain was damaged because the left part of the brain controls the functioning of right part of the body.
2. What imaging technology would best reveal the location and extent of damage to Tim’s brain produced by his stroke, and why?
Answer
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) may be helpful in this case because it is a modern, non-invasive diagnostic tool that can provide a high level of anatomic details. Through MRI, stroke can be located and the extent of damage could be determined. The images produced by it can reflect stroke involving small blood vessels as well.
3. If physicians did not have any means of viewing the damage to Tim’s brain directly what other clues might they have to the location of the damage? Where might the damage be if Tim had lost his vision after the stroke? Where might it be if he lost sensation on the left side of his body? Where might it be if his personality suddenly changed?
Answer
There are several ways (except imaging technologies) which can prove to be helpful in diagnosis of the damage’s location. For instance; two hemispheres of the brain control different functions hence; if a particular function is impaired after stroke then it can automatically indicate which specific part of the brain has been damaged.
If Tim would be suffer visual problems, it might be damage of sensory area, and occipital lobe because their functions are related to sight.
If Tim lost left side of his sensation, the damage is on the right hemisphere -sensory integration.
If Tim changes his personality, it might be damage in the right hemisphere and change in the synaptic connection between neurons.
4. Explain how