DP Biology (last assessment 2024)
Question 17N.3.HL.TZ0.07
Date | November 2017 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 3] | Reference code | 17N.3.HL.TZ0.07 |
Level | HL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Outline, State | Question number | 07 | Adapted from | N/A |
07.
[Maximum mark: 3]
17N.3.HL.TZ0.07
(b)
Outline how the human brain can reorganize itself following a stroke.
[1]
Markscheme
activities/functions spread across the brain
OR
activities/functions taken over by other areas of the brain

(c.i)
State the area of the human brain that may have been damaged when the following symptom is present:
A lack of muscle control on the left side of the body
[1]
Markscheme
right motor cortex
OR
right cerebral hemisphere

(c.ii)
State the area of the human brain that may have been damaged when the following
symptom is present.
Difficulty in swallowing
[1]
Markscheme
medulla «oblongata»
