1 Brain Patients
2 Patient A It is Friday the 13th and Janice is very superstitious. While she was walking to work she had to step out into the street to avoid a construction ladder and a big black cat blocking her path. She is then struck by a bus! The paramedics arrive and find that Janice is not breathing and her heart has stopped. As they took her to the hospital the repeatedly tried to revive her but were unable too. She was pronounced dead on arrival. Which part of the brain was most likely damaged in the collision?
3 Patient B John has always gotten 8 hours of sleep every night. However, during the last few months, something has changed. He has not changed is night time routine at all but he is only sleeping 3 hours a night. He went to the doctor who prescribed medication that would increase his melatonin leaves and it didn’t work. After doing a brain scan his doctor noticed he has a brain tumor. Which part of the brain is the tumor affecting?
4 Patient C Nick was suffering from a viral infection that caused him to have an extremely high temperature. He survived but his doctor warned him that some areas of his brain may have been damaged due to the high temperature. A few weeks later Nick noticed that he is having trouble walking. His friends always ask him if he has been drinking because he looks drunk when he walks. He also noticed the other day that he did not have the fine motor skills to put a quarter into a vending machine. Which part of his brain was damaged due to the fever?
5 Patient D Harry’s brother dared him to roller skate backwards for 100 feet. Harry accepted and was doing fine until he hit a crack in the pavement and fell backwards hitting his head with a loud thud. When Harry slowly sat up, he rubbed his head and wondered why he was seeing stars. Which part of his brain was hurt when he hit his head on the concrete?
6 Patient E Susie works in an ice cream store. During a robbery she is shot in the front of the head. She survives but unlike before the accident, when something goes wrong in the store, she has no idea how to resolve it. Her favorite type of ice cream has always been vanilla, yet now she cannot decide what flavor to pick during her breaks. Susie’s co workers have also noticed that she just doesn’t seem like herself. What part of the brain was damaged buy the robber’s bullet?
7 Patient F From the time that she was a little girl, Marci had epileptic seizures. As she became older the seizures became worse and worse. Medication no longer helped. By the time she was 21, she was having 5 to 6 seizures a day. Her doctors tell her that the seizures are becoming more violent and are due to the currents crossing the hemispheres. What part of Marci’s brain can be lesioned to keep her seizures from spreading?
8 Patient G In an attempt to increase the aggression levels of his football team, Coach Timpson has inserted electrodes into the brains of his players. These electrodes can be stimulated on important plays via remote control by the coach. Where in the brain has the coach placed the electrodes?
9 Patient H Lucy was in a terrible car accident. Since the accident she has been unable to process new memories. Her old memories are still intact. New things she learns are lost after a few minutes. Her friends and family have to keep reminding her of her appointments, new people she met, and the day of the week it is. What part of her brain was damaged in the car accident?
10 Patient I Antonio fears that he might be part vampire! He sleeps during the day and is active during the night. What part of Antonio’s endocrine system is not working properly?
11 Patient J Drew has an extremely high metabolism. No matter what she eats she never seems to gain and real weight. She also shows signs of ADD, insomnia, and gets agitated very easily. Which endocrine gland is overactive?
12 Patient K Joey woke up and was unable to speak! He could think of the words and write them down. But whenever he opened his mouth and tried to say something nothing happened. His family rushed him to the hospital where the doctors first checked his vocal cords and found nothing wrong. He was then sent to a neurosurgeon to see if there is a tumor or brain damage that could have caused this. A tumor was discovered. On which hemisphere would the tumor be located?
13 Patient L Marcus is always hungry. No matter how much he eats during the day or at meals he never feels full. He has eaten to the point of vomiting because she stomach can no longer hold all the food he consumes. He is also constantly thirsty. He has drunk gallons of water a day and was even hospitalized twice for drinking too much water. His family is getting more and more concerned. Which part of Marcus’s brain is not functioning properly?
14 Patient M Cindy recently had brain surgery to remove a tumor from one of her hemispheres. She was given a clean bill of health and sent home after some recovery time. Her doctors told her there was some scarring around the area of the tumor and they were not sure how it may affect her in the coming weeks. Within a few days Cindy started to realize she could not recognize any of her family members. On one occasions she actually caught herself apologizing to a mirror because she didn’t recognize her own face! On which hemisphere are the tumor and scarring are located?
15 Patient N Agnes was a world famous dancer. One day while she was rehearsing on stage, she felt an incredible pain in her head and collapsed, losing consciousness. She woke up in the hospital and was told she had a stroke in her left hemisphere. She could still move her right arm and leg, however; she could never dance again because she could not fell where her leg or arm were. She also could not feel it when the doctors touched her right arm and leg. Which part of the brain was damaged by the stroke?
16 Patient O Even as a young child it was clear that Andre was a going to be a large man. All through his life he was the tallest kid in his classes and was always way above the norm on growth charts for his yearly physicals. By the time he was in high school he was already 7 feet tall! After years of testing, doctors were able to conclude that one of his endocrine glands was overactive causing him to have gigantism. Which endocrine gland is overactive causing Andre’s amazing height?
17 Patient P Bridgette has been feeling very run down and sluggish lately. No matter what she tries she cannot shake her sluggish feelings that have been occurring later in the day. After a doctors visit they were able to tell her that she was not producing enough insulin to counteract the sugar in her blood stream. Her doctors diagnosed her with diabetes and put her on a strict diet to see if it would help regulate her energy level. What endocrine gland stopped producing insulin and caused Bridgette’s diabetes?
18 Patient Q Grandpa Joe’s memory is not what it used to be. First he started to forget little things or would seem confused at times about what he was doing or where he was. However, now he seems lost all the time. He forgets how to use a fork and spoon when eating. He needs help dressing himself and will call his grandchildren names of old friends of his he grew up with. His family is worried that he is showing signs of Alzheimer's and is having him test later this week. Which neurotransmitter is Grandpa Joe not producing enough of?
19 Patient R Mike has been battling depression all his life. He has seen several doctors who have tried to help him cope with his depression and to help him find behaviors that would help him to move on with his life. Nothing has been helping and his friends and family have grown very worried. Recently his doctor prescribed Prozac to help curb his feelings of depression. The Prozac worked better then expected. Mike was his old self again and was making great strides towards a full recovery. Which neurotransmitter was Mike not producing enough of?
20 Patient S Josh was your average freshmen in college who was working hard and getting good grades. But he changed during the spring semester of his freshmen year. He stopped bathing and was seen talking to an imaginary person living in his closet. When asked who he was talking to by friends he became enraged and would push them out of his dorm. By sophomore year Josh had dropped out completely and was living on the streets for fear that if he went home the Nazis would find him there and return him to the North Pole to work as a slave in Santa’s workshop. Josh’s family doctor fears that he may have developed schizophrenia and keeps encouraging the family to find him and bring him in for testing. If Josh does have schizophrenia what neurotransmitter is he producing too much of?
21 Patient T While walking to work one day Madison was struck hard on the head with a brick that was dropped by a construction worker 5 stories up. Miraculously she lived but has permanent brain damage. Even though her spinal cord was not damaged in the accident and she can still feel her legs when people touch them, Madison is unable to move her legs. She will have to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. What part of Madison’s brain was damaged in the accident?