Chapter 12 Part 2 Flashcards
Disorders of speech resulting from neurologic impairment affecting the motor programming AND/OR neuromuscular execution of speech.
Motor speech disorder
What are the 2 motor speech disorders?
Dysarthria and apraxia of speech
A group of speech disorders resulting from disturbances in muscle control of speech mechanism
Damage to CNS and/or PNS, Speech problems result from paralysis, weakness, incoordination, sensory loss, etc. of speech musculature; speech is not clear and messy
Dysarthria
A disorder of motor programming for speech, NOT caused by paralysis, weakness, incoordination, sensory loss, Damage is to CNS
Apraxia
What area is most likely to improve if someone with aphasia gets treatment?
Auditory comprehension
What are 3 ways that we take care of extra neurotransmitters?
Diffusion, reputake and recycle, enzymes
Released and dispersed
Diffusion
___ eat neurotransmitters and get broken down and get sent back to the neuron to get rebuilt
Enzymes
Writing = ____
Talking/Speech/Fluency
Reading = ____
Auditory comprehension
What are the 3 ways we describe language (3)?
Cognitive processes, motor speech programming, neuromuscular execution
Thoughts translated into language
Cognitive process
Language translated into motor movements
Motor speech programming
Motor movements carried out by the CNS and PNS
Neuromuscular execution
At rest; the membrane has more ____ ions on the outside of the membrane
Na+