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Question 17

A rehabilitation team assesses three patients with damage to different regions of the brain.

a.

A patient walks along a straight line. The patient is unsteady and cannot keep an upright posture.

Suggest the region of the brain that has been damaged.

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b.

Measurements show that a second patient's blood pressure is no longer regulated.

Suggest the region of the brain that has been damaged and state where this region is located.

[2]
c.

During a conversation, a third patient has difficulty understanding and producing language.

Suggest the region of the brain that has been damaged.

[1]
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2.3 The nervous system and brain Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /2.3 The nervous system and brain

111 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Biology 2.3 The nervous system and brain, covering 2.3.1 Structures and functions of the brain, 2.3.2 Imaging brain function with scanning, 2.3.3 Limitations in treating nervous system damage, 2.3.4 Neurones and impulse transmission, and 2.3.5 Structure and function of a reflex arc. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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