Which area of the brain is affected in a patient who has right-sided weakness and aphasia due to a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
a. Right hemisphere
b. Left hemisphere
c. Occipital lobe
d. Medulla
ANS: B
Symptom onset is sudden and generally involves one side of the body—the side of the body opposite to the damaged area.
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