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exam 3
ch 9, 11, 12
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Undergraduate 4
11/19/2013

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Term
the most rapid period of brain growth is during the first ____ years of life. the brain more than triples its weight in the first _____ months
Definition

2 years

24 months

Term
________ argued that the accelerated curve of the brain growth in teh first years of life matched the course of rapid early acquisition
Definition
eric lenneberg
Term
the ability to aquire language diminshes sharply after ________, when accelerating brain growth reaches a plateau
Definition
puberty
Term
_________ cortex is the first cortical area . at birth
Definition
primary motor cortex
Term
________ cortex matures last
Definition
primary auditory cortex
Term
the ________ ________ begins meylination in the first year and continues for for some time afterwards
Definition
arcuate fasiculus
Term
the _________ is not completely myleinated until the age of 10
Definition
corpus callosum
Term
The ________ lobe is not fully myelinated until adulthood, often well into the fourth decade
Definition
inferior parietal lobe
Term

1.) this is a neurological condition caused by injury to the immature brain 

2.) it is characterized by a nonprogressive disturbance of the motor systems

3.) 1-2 out of 1000 school children 

Definition
cerebral palsy
Term

what disorder?

spacicity 

duskinesia 

ataxia 

Definition
cerebral palsy
Term
what are some causes of cerebral palsy?
Definition

prematurity 

anoxia 

kernicterus - high levels of jaundice

infection

birth trauma

Term
what is hemiplegia?
Definition
paralysis on left or rigt side
Term
what is diplegia?
Definition
either both arms or both legs
Term
what is quadriplegia?
Definition
all limbs affected
Term
what is monoplegia?
Definition
one limb
Term
what is triplegia?
Definition
3 of the 4 afffected
Term
developmental dysarthria is present in _______% of children with cerebral palsy
Definition
75-85%
Term
the _______ reflex is when a child's chin side extends; occipute side flexes. it shows cerebral damage and poor motor development if exhibited beyond the 8th month.
Definition
asymmetric tonic neck reflex
Term

what infant oral reflexes persist throughout life?

-

-

Definition

swallowing

gag

Term

infant oral reflexes:

what is the age of disappearance of rooting?

Definition
3-6 months
Term

infant oral reflexes:

what is the age of disappearance of suckling?

Definition
6-12 months
Term

infant oral reflexes:

what is the age of disappearance of tongue or lips being touched?

Definition
12-18 months
Term

infant oral reflexes:

what is the age of disappearance of bite (pressure on gums)?

Definition
9-12 months
Term
how to asses swallowing?
Definition
modified feeding
Term
CN ____ is smilem rooting, sucking action
Definition
VII
Term
CN _____ is tongue
Definition
XII
Term
CN ____ is the mandibular movement
Definition
V
Term
CN ____ is coughing, throwing up
Definition
X
Term
childhood apraxia of speech may not show ______ in the brain
Definition
lesions
Term
myelination allows more rapid ????
Definition
transmission of neural information
Term
lack of _________ in language areas have been suggested to be the cause for developmental delays in language?
Definition
maturation of myelin
Term
_________ is the brain is more plastic during the most rapid periods
Definition
cerebral plasticity
Term
ADHD has minimal ________ and ________
Definition
brain damage and cerebral dysfunction
Term
ADHD is the term given to children with language disorders without any obvious __________
Definition
neurological disturbances
Term
neuroimagining of ADHD is local abnormalities in the ________, _________, and ________
Definition

basal ganglia 

corpus callosum

prefrontal region

Term

other conditions that lead to language disorders?

1

2

3

 

Definition

hearing loss

mental retardation

pervasive developmental disorders

Term
developmental dyslexia is _______
Definition
congentital word blindness
Term
_________% of all school children have developmental dyslexia
Definition
5-10%
Term
developmental dyslexia is seen more in _______
Definition
males
Term

the areas of the brain that are affected in developmental dyslexia are 

 

Definition

left temporal

right frontal 

and subortical areas

 

Term
etiology of aphasia is focal damage to the brain in the ___________ area.
Definition
Broca/Wernicke's area
Term

aphasia can be caused by 

-

-

-

-

-

Definition

CVA

trauma 

neplasm 

focal abscess 

casultitis 

Term

________ aphasia:

-non fluent

-dysarthria or apraxia

- comphrension is better than production 

-repition is poor

-writing is poor

-right hemisphere

 

Definition
Broca's aphasia
Term

__________ aphasia 

-comprehension

repetition

fluent speech often paraphasic

prosody and articulation may be normal

patients are not aware

 

Definition
wrenicke's aphasia
Term

_________ aphasia 

-less commonly diagnosed 

-aruate fasciculus to be affected 

-fluent, comprehension intact

-speech output is reduced 

-repition is poor

Definition
conduction aphasia
Term

________ aphasia 

-both comprehension and expression is affected 

-larger lesion

-inflected phonation is preserved 

-improve in comprehending nonverbal communication

-repetiition poor 

 

Definition
global aphasia
Term

_________  aphasia 

- aphasia that are not related to perisylvian region 

there are three types 

Definition
transcortical aphasia
Term
_______ is the inability to comprehend the written or printed word as a result of a cerebral lesion
Definition
alexia
Term
________ is the inability to produce written langauge
Definition
agraphia
Term
___________ is an aquired persistent impariment of intellectual funciton with compromise in at least three of hte following sphere of mental activity: language, memory, visospatial skills,, emotion or personality and cognition
Definition
dementia
Term

___________ is a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain 

 

Definition
TBI
Term
which lobes are affected in TBI?
Definition
frontal and temporal
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