After Partying with Friends One Night, Angela Got into Her

Multiple Choice

After partying with friends one night, Angela got into her car to drive herself home. She had been drinking and was involved in a tragic accident. The doctors at the hospital kept Angela alive on life support systems until her parents arrived. They explained to Angela's grief stricken parents that this structure of the brain had been damaged and without life support she would die. This structure is the _____________.

A) thalamus
B) forebrain
C) medulla
D) cerebellum