Question

Dante’s life is in danger because he has damage to a part of his hindbrain that regulates breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate. Dante most likely has damage to his ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Dante’s life is in danger because he has damage to a part of his hindbrain that regulates breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate. Dante most likely has damage to his brain stem.

Explanation:

The brain stem is made of midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata. It is one of the most mportant parts of the brain.  It's function is to preserve the basic body functions such as breathing, blood presure, heart rate. These are all automatic functions and it also control.s consciousness

Answer 2

Question Options:

A. Midbrain

B. Cerebellum

C. Cerebral Cortex

D. Brain stem

Answer: Dante most likely has damage to his BRAIN STEM.

Explanation: Brain stem in neuroanatomy can be defined as the part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum. The brain stem brain stem controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body, and it also controls basic body functions such as breathing, swallowing, heart rate, blood pressure, consciousness etc. It consists of the part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon.