Question

A person was riding a two-wheeler without wearing a helmet. He met with an accident
and sustained a head injury. He was dead before he was shifted to the hospital and it
was found that his death was due to breathlessness and heart failure. Which part of
his brain might have been damaged? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

It is the medulla because it controls breathing, swallowing and heart rate.

Answer 2

●The cause of death of a person who met with an accident and got hurt in his head is the part of brain called medulla oblongata might be damaged.

●Before death the patient was diagnosed with breathlessness and heart failure this symptoms occur only when medulla oblongata gets damaged in an accident.

●This is because medulla oblongata is the part of the brain which controls functions like breathing, heartbeat, swallowing and some other involuntary functions.