Exam 1 Part 10

Question 1

What condition is related to spasticity?

Answer 1

Cerebral palsy

Question 2

What 2 things make up spasticity?

Answer 2

Hypertonia, resistance to movement

Question 3

Acquired deficit in the ability to produce/comprehend written/spoken language due to damage to the brain

Answer 3

Aphasia

Question 4

What is aphasia mainly caused by?

Answer 4

Stroke to the left cerebral hemisphere

Question 5

Difficulty in formulation or production of language

Answer 5

Expressive language deficit

Question 6

What is the location of lesion for expressive language deficits?

Answer 6

At or near Broca’s area, lesions anywhere within anterior portion of the left cerebral hemisphere

Question 7

Difficulty in the ability to derive meaning from language

Answer 7

Receptive language deficit

Question 8

What is the location of lesion for receptive language deficits?

Answer 8

At or near Wernicke’s area

Question 9

Word finding deficit, person knows the meaning they want to communicate but cannot find the words to do so

Answer 9

Anomia

Question 10

Broca’s is related to what kind of aphasia (fluent or non-fluent)?

Answer 10

Non-fluent

Question 11

Wernicke’s is related to what kind of aphasia (fluent or non-fluent)?

Answer 11

Fluent

Question 12

Inability to comprehend verbal language produced by others

Answer 12

Verbal comprehension deficit

Question 13

Most language used in social interactions is _____ and _____

Answer 13

Fomulaic and predictable

Question 14

True or false: Those with verbal comprehension deficits will rely on environmental cues

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Errors in phonemes, words, or phrases produced unintentionally due to higher level deficits

Answer 15

Paraphasias