KROK 1 2017 – Question 26 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Examination of the patient with traumatic brain injury revealed that he has lost the ability to discern the movement of an object on the skin. What part of the cerebral cortex is damaged?
- A. Occipital lobe
- B. Parietal lobe
- C. Posterior central gyrus
- D. Anterior central gyrus
- E. Frontal lobe
Hint
Ask which cortical region is the primary projection area for sensation from the skin, and how precisely the stem localises the lost function.
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