2014 Dr. Gigi Servis The brain is separated into four main lobes‚ which include the frontal‚ temporal‚ parietal‚ and occipital lobe. The frontal lobes are concerned with management of movement‚ from stimulation of a person muscles to conceptual planning on what to carry out. The temporal lobe is the main area for premature auditory processing and a high-level visual processing area. The frontal lobes are located on the front and the top area of the brain. Their major functions include
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All head injuries are potentially serious because they can damage the brain and make someone lose responsiveness. The severity of a head injury depends on how someone hit their head and how hard the impact was. A head injury may cause damage to the brain tissue or to blood vessels inside the skull‚ or even break the skull (a skull fracture). Clear fluid or watery blood leaking from the ear or nose‚ and a deteriorating level of response‚ are some of the signs of serious injury. The severity of a
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Brain Plasticity Brain Development‚ Plasticity‚ and Behavior by Bryan Kolb felt that the anatomical effects and behavioral effects were associated with damage to an infant’s brain. Over a half a million people in the world suffer from brain injury a year. These injuries can lead to permanent disorders in perception‚ movement‚ language‚ and personality. (Kolb‚ 1989) There were several approaches in his research. The first approach was studying the operations of a normal brain. The second was
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Spinal cord injuries If the spinal cord is damaged in an accident‚ the sections below the injury will be cut off from the circuit of information to and from your brain. This means‚ all nerves - and all body parts - linked to these areas of the spinal cord will also be disconnected from your brain and will stop functioning. Well protected To minimise the risk of such an injury‚ your spinal cord is well protected: Three tough envelopes called meninges surround your spinal cord A clear fluid‚ that
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Head trauma can cause multiple symptoms related to vertigo. Per a journal article I read on post-traumatic vertigo‚ there are several different possible causes of her vertigo symptoms. It could involve the vestibular system‚ which contains the proprioceptive system and labyrinth of the cervical region. Evaluating for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)‚ labyrinthine injury‚ cervical injury‚ and perilymph fistula are also important (Taneja‚ Taneja‚ & Varshney‚ 2014). With further tests‚ along
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Anatomy and Physiology The main components of the brain—the cerebrum‚ the cerebellum‚ diencephalon and the brainstem—have distinct functions. The Cerebrum Is the largest and most developmentally advanced part of the human brain. It is responsible for several higher functions‚ including higher intellectual function‚ speech‚ emotion‚ integration of sensory stimuli of all types‚ initiation of the final common pathways for movement‚ and fine control of movement. The cerebrum is divided into a right
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After experiencing a traumatic event‚ the mind has been known to horde away the details and memories and then send them back at unexpected times and places‚ sometimes after years have passed. It does so in a haunting way that makes the recall just as disturbing as the original event. It is easy to understand how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can affect a person’s life. For example: Edgar Allen Poe’s Gothic style of writing about the darker side of romantic imagination‚ the supernatural
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Capt. Jones My Goals My Short Term goal should be a simple goal‚ not only that it would benefit me in the present but also in the long term so aiming to complete all homework on time would be a start. By doing so I should make a conscious effort to sit down and focus on my assigned tasks and hand them in when they are due. This would also teach me diligence and responsibility skills that are very helpful in high school‚ higher education‚ and in the work force. My mid-term goals should be the “stepping
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Life Goals There are many things in life people intend to accomplish‚ but never get far at doing them. Having set realistic goals‚ that you are able to achieve‚ and working hard to reach them is a step in helping your personal life now‚ get to where you want it to be for a better future. Starting college has helped me in many ways like setting my own goals for personal reasons‚ academic‚ and career. Personal goal in life at this moment‚ would
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Throughout my life I have made goals for my future which includes college and my career. I can remember being asked the same questions over and over again “What do you want to be when you’re older?” I have changed my answer many times from being an astronaut‚ to a nurse‚ to a chief. The older I became the more I realized I need to choose a career that I would look forward to doing each and every day. So I thought about it‚ I list the things I love starting from investigations to impregnated women
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