A patient involved in a motor vehicle accident experiences a severe head injury and dies as a re-sult of the loss of respirations. The nurse suspects the area of the brain most likely damaged is the:
a. cerebral cortex.
b. thalamus.
c. basal ganglia.
d. brainstem.
ANS: D
The respiratory center in the brainstem controls respiration by transmitting impulses to the respir-atory muscles, causing them to contract and relax. Respirations are not controlled by the cerebral cortex, the thalamus, or the basal ganglia.
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