Emily was in an automobile accident and suffered an injury to her brain resulting in difficulty controlling her left arm. What part of Emily's brain was injured?
a) left motor cortex
b) right motor cortex
c) corpus callosum
d) somatosensory cortex
ANS: B, The motor cortex is responsible for sending motor commands to the muscles of the somatic nervous system.
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