HNN Week 5

Question 1

What are the 4 components of attention?

Answer 1

Arousal
Vigilance
Divided Attention
Selective Attention

Question 2

What is the breakdown of attention called clinically?

Answer 2

Delirium

Question 3

Impaired vigilance leads to what mental issue?

Answer 3

Impersistance

Question 4

Impaired arousal leads to what mental issue?

Answer 4

Drowsiness

Question 5

What is the purpose of short-term memory?

Answer 5

To hold information temporarily

Question 6

How much can the short-term memory hold?

Answer 6

7 +/- 2 elements

Question 7

What is implicit memory?

Answer 7

Subconscious long-term memory such as riding a bike

Question 8

What is explicit memory?

Answer 8

Things you can consciously recall and tell people about

Question 9

What is episodic memory, and what overall type of memory is it?

Answer 9

It is explicit memory and involves personal experiences

Question 10

What is semantic memory?

Answer 10

Facts that you can recall

Question 11

Episodic memory is primarily processed in the ________ __ ________ in the extended limbic system

Answer 11

Circuit of Papez

Question 12

What is propsopagnosia?

Answer 12

Inability to recognise faces

Question 13

Where is Broca’s area located?

Answer 13

Inferior frontal gyrus

Question 14

Where is Wernicke’s Area located?

Answer 14

Temporal lobe

Question 15

What links Broca’s and Wernicke’s Areas?

Answer 15

Arcuate Fasciculus

Question 16

What is anomia?

Answer 16

Inability to name things

Question 17

Not being able to write is called what?

Answer 17

Agraphia

Question 18

Not being able to read is called what?

Answer 18

Alexia

Question 19

Describe non-fluent speech impairment and where it originates

Answer 19

• Articulation errors
• Less speech
• Broca’s Area

Question 20

Describe fluent speech impairment and where it originates

Answer 20

• Nonsense
• Lots
• Wernicke’s Area

Question 21

What blood vessel supplies Broca’s and Wernicke’s Area?

Answer 21

Middle Cerebral Artery