Broca’s and Wernicke’s Area

Question 1

Broca’s area location

Answer 1

Left Frontal Lobe
(next to motor cortex)

Question 2

Broca’s area functions (2 point)

Answer 2

Coordinates the movements of facial muscles and larynx to produce clear and fluent speech (sends this to the motor cortex)

Concerned with the grammatical structure of sentence

Question 3

Wernicke’s Area location

Answer 3

Left Temporal Lobe
(next to auditory cortex)

Question 4

Wernicke’s Area functions (2 points)

Answer 4

Involved in the comprehension of speech.

Responsible for locating and retrieving words from memory to express intended meanings.

Question 5

Broca’s Aphasia (2 points)

Answer 5

An inability to produce fluent speech but without disruption to comprehension of language

The speech typically comprises of short sentences of just three or four words that consist mainly of nouns and verbs; for example, ‘Got phone, spoke friend’.

Question 6

Wernicke’s Aphasia (3 points)

Answer 6

An inability to comprehend meanings of spoken words or written language

Speech production or fluency of speech is not disrupted; however, the person’s speech is meaningless

Can string together long word sequences and phrases but not in an understandable way, i.e. speak nonsense