Biology of Humans 6th Edition by Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire

Exercise 20

Belinda was riding a bicycle without a helmet and was struck by a car. She hit the back of her head very hard in the fall. The physician is quite concerned because the medulla is located at the base of the skull. She explains to Belinda's parents that injury to the medulla could result in
A) the loss of coordination, such that the child may never regain the motor skills needed to ride a bicycle.
B) the loss of speech.
C) amnesia (the loss of memory).
D) death, because many life-support systems are controlled here.