Chapter 11 Part 5 Flashcards
Hypokinetic dysarthria is caused by damage to the _____
Substantia nigra (dopamine)
Hypokinetic dysarthria is associated with what disease?
Parkinson’s
Dysarthria characterized by breathy voice, monopitch, reduced syllable stress, variable speech rate, and imprecise consonants
Hypokinetic dysarthria
The last leg of all motor signal’s journey; where the LMN meets skeletal muscle
Final common pathway
The final common pathway is where the ___ meets the ______
lower motor neurons, skeletal muscle
Power for speech
Respiration
Raw sound for speech
Phonation
Tonal qualities of speech
Resonation
Speech sounds
Articulation
Musical quality of speech
Prosody
What cranial nerves can be affected when there is lower motor neuron damage?
V, VII, IX, X, XI, XII
paresis (weakness) OR paralysis of muscles on one side of the face, fasciculations may be present
Unilateral lower motor lesion
True or false: If unilateral damage happens, the tongue will deviate toward the side of the weakness and damage.
True
___ motor neuron paralysis would have symptoms such as tongue deviating to the opposite side of lesion and mild weakness
Upper
____ motor neuron paralysis would have symptoms such as the tongue deviating to the side of lesion, atrophy, and fasiculations
Lower