Chapter 7 Flashcards
CVA is the abbreviation for what
Cerebral Vascular Accident
What is a CVA
a stroke
CVA’s cause problems with what
vision and swallowing
Vision problem associated with CVA
vision neglect
What is vision neglect
blinds you in half of you eye, depending on what side is affected (left=left)
What are the 3 manners in which a CVA occurs
- Thrombosis
- Embolism
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
What is an embolism
partial block that breaks off and becomes a block somewhere else
What does TIA stand for
Transient Ischemic Accident
What is a TIA
Mini stroke that is an initial blockage that can lead to a CVA
What is a Intracerebral hemorrhage
rupture of the artery - also known as a brain bleed
Hemiplegia
one side paralyzed
hemiparesis
one side is weak
The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for what possible problems?
Language, receptive, expressive, anomia, paraphasia, circumlocutions, neologism, jargon, agrammatism, perseverations
What is receptive
hearing
What is expressive
communication
What is anomia
lacking, naming ability
What is paraphasia
sound substations, using related words
What is neologism mean?
made up words
What is jargon?
made up and real words
What is agrammatism?
not having grammar
What is perseveration?
get stuck on word or concept
What problems occur in the right hemisphere?
Cognitive issues that affect perception, judgement and personality
What are the four most prominent areas of RHA communication?
idioms, inferences, attention and perception
What is left neglect?
lack awareness of left side
What can neglect impact?
reading and writing
Cognition is responsible for what?
sequencing, reasoning and problem solving.
What are the different types of aphasia?
fluent, non fluent and combined
Fluent aphasia is known as
Wernicke’s
What are some characteristics of Wernicke’s
speaks fluently, uses jargon, incomprehensible
What area of the brain is Wernicke’s
Temporal Lobe
What is compromised with Wernicke’s?
comprehension of language - forming language concept
What problems will you see with Wernicke’s
paraphasia, neologisms and anomic
What is anomic?
problems with word retrieval (right syntax)
What is the conduction of Wernicke’s
comprehension is good, frequency and incorrect words
What condition is non fluent aphasia?
Brocca’s
What are the characteristics of Brocca’s
limited speech production, word retrieval, labored and very slow rate and problems with naming.
Brocca’s effects what part of the brain?
frontal lobe
What is apraxia?
linguistic programming, motor speech programming, and expressive speech and language output
What is mixed?
involves both fluent and non fluent (expressive and receptive) but is not severe
What is global?
Involves both fluent and non fluent (expressive and receptive) but is severe
What is dysarthria
muscle weakness (slurred speech)
What does dysphasia mean?
Language
What happens when chewing/swallowing
chew, moving bolus to center, salivation, push it back, gravity, esophagus opens
What is peristalic movement?
muscles below the sphincter open and close
What are signs of aspiration
drooling, pocketing, coughing, gurgly voice and pneumonia
What are the causes of dyspgia?
CVA TBI Neurological ALS MD/MS Tardive Dyskinesia Guillain Barre
What does MBS stand for?
Modified Barium Swallow
What does FEES stand for
Fiber Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
What are the levels
NPO
NG tube
Jpeg tube
Dietary levels
What is NPO
Non per oral - no food or water
What is an NG tube
nasal gastric tube - temporary
What is a Jpeg
more permanent (attached at stomach)
