Human Physiology
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ISBN: 9781259864629
Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 8, Problem 11RA
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The cause of aphasia in which comprehension is good, a person can speak and write, but cannot read.
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The human brain has a variety of functions ranging from the control and coordination of the body to the controlling of speech and storage of memory. There are various divisions of the human brain that are associated with different functions. Various parts of the brain perform a similar function but in coordination with each other. A damage to a part of the brain may affect several activities of the human being.
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