Higher centres and speech

Question 1

What is Gerstmanns syndrome?

Answer 1

Dominant parietal lobe lesion
Acalculia
Agraphia
Left-right disorientation
Finger agnosia

AALF

Question 2

Signs of non-dominant parietal lobe dysfunction?

Answer 2

Dressing apraxia
Construction apraxia
Neglect
Agraphaesthesia
Asterognosis

Question 3

Signs of temporal lobe dysfunction?

Answer 3

Short and long term memory

Question 4

Signs of frontal lobe dysfunction?

Answer 4

Primitive reflexes - grasp, pout, palmar-mental
Interpretation of a proverb
Gait - Bruns Gait

Question 5

What is Foster Kennedy Syndrome?

Answer 5

Frontal lobe lesion
Optic atrophy on side of lesion
Papilloedema on opposite side

Question 6

Cause of receptive aphasia?

Answer 6

Lesion in Wernicke’s area - posterior part of first temporal gyrus in the dominant side

Question 7

Cause of expressive aphasia?

Answer 7

Lesion in Broca’s area - Posterior part of the third frontal gyrus

Question 8

Cause of conductive aphasia?

Answer 8

Lesion in Arcuate Fasciculus

Question 9

Signs of cerebellar speech?

Answer 9

Slurred

Irregular and staccato

Question 10

Signs of pseudobulbar palsy?

Answer 10

Slow, hesitant hollow-sounding speech with harsh strained voice

Question 11

Signs of bulbar palsy?

Answer 11

Nasal speech with imprecise articulation

Question 12

What is the term for word substitution?

Answer 12

Phonemic error

Question 13

What is the term for identity error?

Answer 13

Semantic error