Aphasia Flashcards
Which aphasia do you see circumlocution
Anomic aphasia
Fluent aphasia with comprehension
+ repetition = Anomia
- repetition = conduction
Where is Broca’s area
Posterior inferior frontal lobe of dominant hemisphere
What vessel is affected in transcortical sensory aphasia
PCA
What kind of aphasia is melodic intonation used in
Broca’s
Nonfluent aphasia without comprehension
+ repetition = Transcortical mixed
- repetition = Global
What part of brain is injured in Anomic aphasia
Temporo-parietal injury, angular gyrus
Which vessel is affected in wernicke’s aphasia
Inferior division of mca
Recruitment of right hemisphere for communication by incorporating melodies or rhythms
Melodic intonation
What vessel is affected in transcortical motor aphasia
ACA
Incorrect substitution of words
Paraphasia
What part of brain is affected in transcortical mixed aphasia?
Border zones of frontal, parietal and temporal area
Well articulate but incomprehensible unintelligible speech
Jargon
Roundabout way of describing a word
Circumlocution
Which vessel is affect in broca’s aphasia
Superior division of mca
Which aphasia do you see paraphasias and neologisms
Wernicke’s
What area of brain is injured in transcortical motor aphasia
Frontal lobe, anterior or superior to broca’s area.
Repetition of words or vocalization
Echolalia
Location of wernicke’s area
Posterior part of superior temporal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere
What part of brain is affected in transcortical sensory aphasia
Posterio-inferior temporal lobe
Difficulty recalling words
Anomia
Which aphasia do you see alexia and agraphia
Wernicke’s
Fluent aphasia
Wernicke’s
Conduction
Anomia
Transcortical sensory
Nonfluent aphasia with comprehension
+ repetition = Transcortical motor
- repetition = Broca’s
Fluent aphasia without comprehension
+ repetition = Transcortical sensory
- repetition = Wernicke’s
What part of brain is injured in conduction aphasia
Parietal operculum (arcuate fasciculus)
A new word that only has meaning to the patient
Neologism
Repetition of nonsensical syllables
Stereotype
Band of white matter that joins Broca’s and wernicke’s area
Arcuate fasciculus
Nonfluent aphasia
Broca’s
Transcortical motor
Transcortical mixed
Global
Absence of grammatical structure in sentence
Agrammatism
