Aphasias

Question 1

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 1

Motor speech. Nonfluent aphasia with intact comprehension and impaired repetition

Question 2

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 2

Associative auditory cortex. Fluent aphasia with impaired comprehension and repetition

Question 3

Conduction aphasia

Answer 3

Damage to arcuate fasciculus (which connects Wernicke and Broca areas). Poor repetition but fluid speech and intact comprehension

Question 4

Global aphasia

Answer 4

Both affected. Nonfluent aphasia with impaired comprehension

Question 5

Transcortical motor aphasia

Answer 5

Nonfluent aphasia with good comprehension and intact repetition

Question 6

Transcortical sensory aphasia

Answer 6

Poor comprehension with fluent speech and intact repetition

Question 7

Mixed transcortical aphasia

Answer 7

Broca and Wernicke involved but not arcuate fasciculus. Nonfluent speech, poor comprehension, but intact repetition

Question 8

Nondominant aphasias

Answer 8

Broca’s or Wernicke’s damage on non-dominant side (ipsilateral side as dominant handedness)
Broca: Expressive dysprody - inability to express emotion or inflection in speech
Wernicke: Can’t comprehend emotion or inflection