Exam 1 Part 14

Question 1

Aphasia characterized by no receptive language, unable to speak, perseverate on neologisms, unable to repeat, cognitive and motor deficits

Answer 1

Global aphasia

Question 2

Aphasia characterized by significant repetitive deficits, impaired repetition, possible reading/visual deficits, anosognosia, empty speech, logorrhea, poor pragmatic skills; good speakers but poor communicators

Answer 2

Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 3

Unable to recognize deficits, confabulate excuses

Answer 3

Anosognosia

Question 4

What is the location of damage for Wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 4

Occlusion of inferior/posterior branches of MCA to posterior one-third of superior gyrus of temporal lobe

Question 5

Nonstop output of speech

Answer 5

Logorrhea

Question 6

Speech carries no meaning

Answer 6

Empty speech

Question 7

Underlying medical cause of a symptom or deficit

Answer 7

Etiology

Question 8

What are some etiologies of neurogenic communication disorders?

Answer 8

Stroke, TBI, surgical trauma, degenerative disease, infectious disease

Question 9

Unknown or obscure origin of a deficit or symptom

Answer 9

Idiopathic etiology

Question 10

Results in communication, cognition, language, and behavior deficits are determined by what 2 things?

Answer 10

Site and severity of damage

Question 11

3rd leading cause of death caused by brain tissue being permanently destroyed or temporarily does not function due to decreased or absent blood supply to affected brain tissue

Answer 11

Stroke/ CVA

Question 12

What are some risk factors of strokes?

Answer 12

Tobacco use, physical inactivity, atrial fibrillation, high blood pressure

Question 13

Complete lack of oxygen to a cell

Answer 13

Anoxia

Question 14

Partial loss of oxygen to a cell

Answer 14

Hypoxia

Question 15

Stroke caused by a blood vessel in the brain being occluded

Answer 15

Ischemic stroke