A stroke patient can understand when you tell her to do something, but she is not able to produce grammatical, comprehensible speech. Which specific area of her brain is damaged?
A. The Wernicke area
B. The limbic system
C. The globus pallidus
D. The Broca area
E. The language cortex of the occipital lobe
Answer: D
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