12.6 Aphasia and Language Flashcards
dysphagia
impairment of swallowing
dysphasia
impairment of language
language tends to be ________ lateralized
left
what is the most common cause of aphasia?
left MCA stroke
atrophy in cortical regions critical for language is called:
primary progressive aphasia
anomina means:
word finding difficulties
a strategy of __________ is talking around the topic due to inability to receive specific words
circumlocution
all patients that have aphasia have _______
anomia (word finding difficulties)
errors of word choice and sound substitution errors
paraphasias
what are two types of paraphasia?
phonemic
semantic
semantic paraphasia are errors in ______ ___________
word choice
semantically or not semantically related
error in sound selection
single sound error, e.g., “boap” for “boat”
phonemic paraphasia
muscle weakness/problems with bones, ligaments or joints, imprecise articulation
dysarthria
the prominent connection between Broca’s area an Wernicke is:
the arcuate fasciculus
reading impairment
alexia
writing disorders
agraphia
transcortical aphasias are a product of damage to the ____________ areas
extrasylvian
fluent aphasias spare ________ areas and usually have lesions in _______ areas
anterior
posterior
non-fluent aphasias usually have lesions in ________ areas
anterior
_______ lesions: mild comprehension problems
_______ lesions: more significant auditory comprehension deficits
anterior
posterior
lesion affecting the posterior supramarginal gyrus and arcuate fasciclus are named what kind of aphasia?
conduction aphasia
mixed transcortical aphasia is associated with
carotid occlusion or anoxia
poor repetition, poor comprehension, and nonfluent =
global aphasia
nonfluent, poor comprehension, fine repetition =
mixed transcortical aphasia