Why is trauma to the base of the brain more damaging than trauma to the frontal lobes?

Answer 1

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/lobe.html

FRONTAL LOBE
Concerned with reasoning, planning, parts of speech and movement (motor cortex), emotions, and problem-solving.

PARIETAL LOBE
Concerned with perception of stimuli related to touch, pressure, temperature and pain.

TEMPORAL LOBE
Concerned with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli (hearing) and memory (hippocampus).
Located below the lateral fissure. This is where people usually put there hands when they have a headache on the side above your ears and slightly in front. That whole area.


OCCIPITAL LOBE
Located at the back of the brain, behind the parietal lobe and temporal lobe.
Concerned with many aspects of vision.


It depends on where the injury is exactly. Different parts of the brain do different jobs. Scientists have names for these different parts of the brain. The most important three parts are the cerebrum the cerebellum and the brain stem. The cerebrum is the topmost front portion of the brain. This part takes care of our sensory information- like sight, hearing and taste- and also voluntary actions. Cerebellum lies behind the cerebrum. Cerebellum is the part responsible for balance and posture of our body. The brainstem is the bottom part of our brain, which connects the brain with our spinal cord. There is also the brain stem ( The part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord.) that can be damaged which controls many vital functions. Brain stem controls things like blood pressure, breathing, heartbeats etc...A blow so hard can damage the brain stem.

Answer 2

All of the brain communicates through the spinal cord (at the base of the brain) with the rest of the body. A lobe trauma will only effect the functions of that lobe. Trauma to the base effects all of the communication of the brain with the body. Also the base is where many functions very important to life are regulated.

Answer 3

the base of the brain contains the basic life support mechanisms for life; you can live with damage to the frontal lobes, but if the base is knocked out, you will die; it controls such things essential to life such as breathing...