The Women With a Hole in her Brain




At the age of 26 a women discovered that she was missing the Cerebellum "little brain" a part of her brain. She grew up having a hard time walking and speaking and often got dizzy and felt sick when she walked around. The hole in her brain was filled with cerebrospinal fluid instead of tissue. The cerebellum is mainly responsible for controlling voluntary movements and maintain your balance. When you think about a part missing from your brain you think major complications and possibly even death, however this women only suffered walking and mild speech problems. This case rare cases are very unique and interesting because it shows how a person can live with missing parts to our body that we thought would be essential to live. 

PONS

Your pons are located below your  midbrains but right above the medulla oblongata. The pons are responsible to relay on sensory information that goes to the cerebellum and thalamus. If you were to injury your pons it could cause a comatose state, sleep disturbance, and increase a person stress and anxiety levels. However major injury to your pons can cause death. So yes it would be almost impossible to live without your pons, and sadly there are no other organs that could take over the Pons jobs so a person could live.