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A 24 year old man sustains a head injury in an automobile accident. His father relates that prior to the accident, the pt was respectful, modest, controlled and hard working. In the hospital, the pt is rude to the nurses and aides, loses his temper with the slightest provocation, and refuses to wear a hospital gown or anything else. These behavioral changes after the accident indicate that the area of the brain most likely to have been injured in this pt is the

Dorsolateral convexity of the frontal lobe
Hypothalamus
Orbitofrontal cortex
Reticular system
Amygdale
Nucleus basalis of Meynert


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  #2

Orbitofrontal cortex [explodes into orbits]

  #3

have to confess,had to refer the book for this and some 3more Q's.nod

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Dorsolateral convexity of the frontal lobe

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  #5

confused

  #6

DL frontal lobe

What is the right answer?


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  #7

me too had to literally think over this cos wht i knew was tht in frontal lobe injury there r Personality changes now where those personality changes r occuring from was the loop hole i had left. so i m gonna guess here

Dorsolateral convexity of the frontal lobe


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  #8

dorsolateral convexity of the frontal lobe?

wats the rite ans jackofknives?


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  #9

Ok i got it. Its Orbitofrontal cortex

Difficulties with judgement, inhibitions, emotions, personality changes. (BRS B.Sci)


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  #10

All the questions iv posted are from the BRS book latest edition, ill note down which answer is correct in numerical order and which page the question is at. Im not going to post the explanation unless requested.

(3) B35

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