The patient is at the center of the health care industry

You are caring for a 25-year-old male patient that has been shot once in the head. The patient is in extremis (near the point of death) with a noticeable breathing pattern that alternates between no breathing and fast breathing. Your understanding of pathophysiology leads you to believe the breathing pattern may be due to damage to the section of his brain responsible for respiratory control,

also known as the: A) cerebellum. B) frontal lobe. C) medulla oblongata. D) thalamus.

The third, innermost layer of the meninges is called the ________

A) dura mater B) epidural mater C) arachnoid mater D) pia mater