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| Left handers who become aphasic seem to have ______ severe aphasia and to recover language _______ than their right-handed counterparts, regardless of which hemishpere is affected. |
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Which cerebral lobe is highlighted?
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| The post-central gyrus is part of which cortical lobe? |
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| Provide another name for the pre-central gyrus: |
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Which of the following cranial nerves is sensory only (has no motor component)?
a. V
b. III
c. VIII |
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| C. VIII Auditory Nerve (Acoustic) |
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| There are ______ cranial nerves and ______ pairs of spinal nerves. |
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| Which cortical area lies within the lateral sulcus, covered by portions of the frontal and temporal lobe? |
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| Where in the brain would we find dopaminergic cells that produce dopamine? |
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Which of the following subcortical structures is most critical for acquiring new memories?
a. Hypothalamus
b. Hippocampus
c. Globus Pallidus |
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| The middle layer of the meninges is the _______ mater. |
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| In the motor system, the cortico-bulbar tract includes _______ nerves while the cortice-spinal tract includes _______ nerves. |
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| Wernicke's area receives a large part of its input from ___________. |
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| Wernicke's area communicates with Broca's area and other frontal regions of the brain by way of the ___________. |
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| Patients with nonfluent aphasia typically have damage in the _____ half of the language-dominant hemishpere, _____ to the central sulcus. |
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| Patients with fluent aphasia typically have damage ______ to the central sulcus in the language-dominant hemisphere. |
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| PAtients with broca's aphasia usually have _____-sided hemispheresis or hemiplegia. |
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Broca's aphasia sometimes goes by other names, such as:
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2.
3.
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Expressive Aphasia
Motor Aphasia
Anterior Aphasia |
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Wernicke's aphasia has several aliases, including:
1.
2.
3.
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Sensory Aphasia
Receptive Aphasia
Posterior Aphasia |
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| True or False: Patients with press of speech when they talk usually exhibit press of writing when they write. |
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| True or False: Most patients with Wernicke's aphasia are alert, attentive, and task-oriented. |
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| True of False: Most patients with Wernicke's aphasia are hemiparetic or hemiplegic. |
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| False, Wernicke's area is not close to the motor cortex |
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| When the main trunk of the left middle cerebral artery is occluded, causing massive damage throughout the perisylvian region, what kind of aphasia results? |
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The defining behavioral characteristics of conduction aphasia are:
Grossly impaired __________
Relatively preserved ______________ |
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| repetition, comprehension |
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| That comprehension is preserved does not mean that conduction aphasic patients' comprehension is _____________. |
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| Preserved ______ is a defining characteristic of the transcortical aphasias. |
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| True or False: Anomia is a localizing phenomenon. |
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| Another name for Heschl's gyrus is: |
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| Another name for the Sylvian fissure is: |
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Fluent? No
Comprehends? No
Repeasts? No |
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| Mixed Transcortical Aphasia |
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Fluent? No
Comprehends? No
Repeats? Yes |
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Fluent? No
Comprehends? Yes
Repeats? No |
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| Transcortical Motor Aphasia |
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Fluent? No
Comprehends? Yes
Repeats? Yes |
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Fluent? No
Comprehends? Yes
Repeats? No |
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| Transcortical Sensory Aphasia |
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Fluent? Yes
Comprehends? No
Repeats? Yes |
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Fluent? Yes
Comprehends? Yes
Repeats? No |
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Fluent? Yes
Comprehends? Yes
Repeats? Yes |
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