A 77-year-old woman was cooking in the kitchen when shecollapsed onto the floor. Her daughter called an ambulance and thewoman was taken to the emergency room. She had suffered a stroke,and slowly regained consciousness over the next two days. However,when she woke up, she had the following signs and symptoms:
- paralysis of the right face and arm
- loss of sensation to touch on the skin of the right face andarm
- inability to answer questions but ability to understand what wassaid to her
- ability to write down her thoughts more easily than to speakthem
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Questions:
1. Based upon the patient's symptoms, which cerebral artery wasblocked? (Be Specific)
2. Why was she paralyzed in the right face and arm?
3. What is the name of her language disorder, and what causedit?
4. Was this woman's dominant or nondominant hemisphere damaged?
