L3 APHASIAS

Question 1

BROCA’S APHASIA/nonfluent/motor/expressive

Speech pattern
Comprehension
Ischemia of
Blood supply
Repeats?

Answer 1

BROCA’S APHASIA

Speech pattern: slow, nonfluent and labored with pt feeling frustrated.

Comprehension: SPARED

Ischemia: left posterior INFERIOR FRONTAL cortex

Blood supply affected: SUPERIOR division of MCA

Repeats? NO

Question 2

WERNICKE’S APHASIA/comprehensive/ sensory

Speech pattern
Comprehension
Ischemia of
Blood supply
Repeats?

Answer 2

Speech pattern: fluent but meaningless and non labored

Comprehension: NO

Ischemia: posterior SUPERIOR temporal cortex (posterior to broca’s)

Blood supply: INFERIOR division of MCA

Repeats: NO

Question 3

CONDUCTION APHASIA

Speech pattern
Ischemia of
Repeats?

Answer 3

Speech pattern: fluent

Ischemia of: ARCUATE FASICULUS (inferior parietal lobe)

Repetition: IMPAIRED

Question 4

TRANSCORTICAL APHASIA

Answer 4

SPARED REPETITION

Question 5

Transcortical SENSORY aphasia

Ischemic area
Speech pattern
Repeats?
Comprehends?

Answer 5

Ischemic area: watershed area between LEFT MCA and LEFT PCA

Speech pattern: fluent

Repeats: yes

Comprehends: NO

Question 6

Transcortical MOTOR aphasia

Ischemic area
Speech pattern
Repeats?
Comprehends?

Answer 6

Ischemic area: watershed area between LEFT MCA and LEFT ACA

Speech pattern: NOT FLUENT

Comprehension: YES

Repeats: YES

Question 7

Global aphasia

Answer 7

Both areas affected

Mute

Question 8

Anomic aphasia

Answer 8

Mild, cant name few objects