Noting your good work, the clinic director makes you an unusual offer. If you wi

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Noting your good work, the clinic director makes you an unusual offer. If you will forfeit part of your brain, he will perform an operation which should greatly elevate knowledge of the human nerous system. You are not suicidal, but here you have an opportunity to serve humanity in altruistic fashion, perhaps becoming a savior of the human race. (in other words: which of these parts of the brain can be removed and still ensure a quality of life).

Circle your choice for a sacrifice: thalamus Corpus Callosum Reticular Formation

State the reason for your choice:

Briefly indicate why you did not choose either of the other alternatives.

Explanation / Answer

Answer :Corpus callosum

Explanation : Corpus callosum is a thick bundle of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain i. e. Right hemisphere and left hemisphere. It's function is allowing the two hemispheres to communicate with each other and allowing smoother functions of the two hemispheres. A person can live without Corpus callosum as researches have also shown that people born without a Corpus callosum or loss of this connection do not have life threatening issues. Also this part is often removed in cases of severe epilepsy to restrict the spread of seizures.

Thalamus a structure in the mid brain has the important function of regulation of consciousness, sensory perception, sleep and regulation of motor functions. Reticular formation is located in the central part of brainstem and it carries important functions of sensory control, visceral control, sleep wake cycle. These parts of brain are important for important day to day functions and even severe damage to either the thalamus or Reticular formation he can prove fatal.

Therefore the correct answer is Corpus callosum.

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