A psychologically disturbed patient decided to kill himself by shooting himself in the head. The bullet entered the right temporal lobe and exited the skull on the opposite side. If this patient is unresponsive, what is the most likely cause?
A) Both cerebral hemispheres are damaged
B) The cerebellum is damaged
C) The patient has likely lost too much blood
D) The endocrine system (hypothalamus) has failed
A) Both cerebral hemispheres are damaged
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