12.6 Aphasia and Language

Question 1

dysphagia

Answer 1

impairment of swallowing

Question 2

dysphasia

Answer 2

impairment of language

Question 3

language tends to be ________ lateralized

Answer 3

left

Question 4

what is the most common cause of aphasia?

Answer 4

left MCA stroke

Question 5

atrophy in cortical regions critical for language is called:

Answer 5

primary progressive aphasia

Question 6

anomina means:

Answer 6

word finding difficulties

Question 7

a strategy of __________ is talking around the topic due to inability to receive specific words

Answer 7

circumlocution

Question 8

all patients that have aphasia have _______

Answer 8

anomia (word finding difficulties)

Question 9

errors of word choice and sound substitution errors

Answer 9

paraphasias

Question 10

what are two types of paraphasia?

Answer 10

phonemic

semantic

Question 11

semantic paraphasia are errors in ______ ___________

Answer 11

word choice

semantically or not semantically related

Question 12

error in sound selection

single sound error, e.g., “boap” for “boat”

Answer 12

phonemic paraphasia

Question 13

muscle weakness/problems with bones, ligaments or joints, imprecise articulation

Answer 13

dysarthria

Question 14

the prominent connection between Broca’s area an Wernicke is:

Answer 14

the arcuate fasciculus

Question 15

reading impairment

Answer 15

alexia

Question 16

writing disorders

Answer 16

agraphia

Question 17

transcortical aphasias are a product of damage to the ____________ areas

Answer 17

extrasylvian

Question 18

fluent aphasias spare ________ areas and usually have lesions in _______ areas

Answer 18

anterior

posterior

Question 19

non-fluent aphasias usually have lesions in ________ areas

Answer 19

anterior

Question 20

_______ lesions: mild comprehension problems

_______ lesions: more significant auditory comprehension deficits

Answer 20

anterior

posterior

Question 21

lesion affecting the posterior supramarginal gyrus and arcuate fasciclus are named what kind of aphasia?

Answer 21

conduction aphasia

Question 22

mixed transcortical aphasia is associated with

Answer 22

carotid occlusion or anoxia

Question 23

poor repetition, poor comprehension, and nonfluent =

Answer 23

global aphasia

Question 24

nonfluent, poor comprehension, fine repetition =

Answer 24

mixed transcortical aphasia

Question 25

nonfluent, good comprehension, impaired repetition:

Answer 25

Broca’s aphasia

Question 26

fluent, poor comprehension, poor repetition =

Answer 26

Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 27

fluent, good repetition, poor comprehension =

Answer 27

transcortical sensory