Language Flashcards
Damage to Broca’s area produces___aphasia.People with this disorder speak slowly and with difficulty and their speech is poorly___, but they usually have little or no difficulty_____language. Damage to Wrnicke’s area results in ___aphasia. People with this form of aphasia speak rapidly and effortlessly but their speech is usually _____, and they have trouble understanding writtenand spoken language. _____aphasia results from damage to the arcuate fasciculus and involves____(an inability toname a familiar object, attribution, or action), paraphasia, and impaired repetition._____aphasia is caused by lesions that isolate Broca’s area and/or Wernicke’s area from other regions of the brain, while____aphasia is caused by widespread brain injury involving Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas as well as other areas in the left frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes.
Broca’s (expressive, motor, nonfluent); articulated; comprehending; Wernicke’s(receptive, sensory, fluent);devoid of content; Conduction; anomia; Transcortical; Global
