Mid Term Review Flashcards
. What is the cerebral cortex, and why is it important?
• Vital part of the nervous system
• Surface of cerebrum
• Often described as “gray matter” of brain
• Performs higher cognitive activities
o Language motor planning problem solving sensory perception
What are cranial nerve nuclei, and where are they located?
Sites in the brainstem where the cell bodies of lower motor neurons in the cranial nerves are located.
bundles of axons found in the CNS
Tracts
Bundles of axons found in the PNS
Nerves
Describe the association cortex and its importance in formulating a movement.
- Makes sense of sensory impulses initially analyzed by primary corticies
- Not a single region of brain, but divided into four areas of cortex
- Formulates initial planning of a voluntary movement
- Sends rough sequence of motor impulses down to subcortical structures for further processing and refining
The primary cortex is compromised of:
oCortices that fist analyze sensory information in the primary auditory cortex, primary visual cortex, primary sensory cortex
oCortex that receives planned motor impulses from cortical and subcortical areas of the brain in the primary motor cortex
•planning and voluntary movement does not originate in the primary motor cortex
What role does the Basal ganglia play in creation of movement:
links the association cortex with the primary motor cortex
What role does the cerebellum play in the creation of movement:
takes rough motor impulses from the association cortex, smooths them out, coordinates them, and sends them (via the thalamus) up to the primary motor cortex
How is it known that movements do not originate in the primary motor cortex?
Because the primary motor cortex receives neural motor impulses that have been processed, smoothed, and coordinated by basal ganglia, cerebellum, and thalamus.
carries impulses that control voluntary, fine motor movements; works at a conscious level
Pyramidal System
carries impulses that control postural support needed by fine motor movements ; works at more of an unconscious level, automatic in function
Extrapyramidal System
motor fiber within the CNS; damage results in spasticity
Upper Motor Neurons
motor fibers in the cranial and spinal nerves; damage results in muscle paralysis or paresis
Lower Motor Neurons
Point where axons of lower motor neurons make synaptic connections with muscle cells
neuromuscular junction
What are the two basic methods of evaluating motor speech disorders?
Instrumentation & Perceptual Analysis
relies on sophisticated devices to objectively measure components of speech production
Instrumentation
relies on clinicians ears and eyes to judge
Perceptual analysis
What are the two goals of any speech-language evaluation?
Understand a patients problem
Determine beginning level of treatment
What are the five components of speech production?
Respiration, Phonation, Resonance, Articulation, Prosody
Primary function for speech production
Respiration
Production of voiced phonemes through vocal-fold vibration in larynx
Phonation
Proper placement of oral or nasal tonality onto phonemes during speech accomplished by raising and lowering velum
Resonance
shaping of vocal air stream into phonemes
Articulation
Melody of speech, using stress and intonation to convey meaning
Prosody
Speech production deficit resulting from neuromotor damage to PNS or CNS
Strictly a speech production disorder caused by neuromotor damage
Dysarthria
Motor speech disorder associated with damage to left hemisphere of brain
Deficit in the ability to sequence the motor commeands needed to correctly position the articulators during the voluntary production of phonemes
Apraxia of speech `
6 Salient features of neuromuscular function
Muscle Strength, Speed of Movement, Range of Motion, Accuracy of movement, Motor Steadiness, Muscle Tone
Rapid repetition of a single movment; usually obtained by timing patients as they repeat a syllable, such as “puh, puh, puh” as quickly, evenly, and clearly as possible
AMR
Rapid repetition of a sequence of movements; usually obtained by timing patients as they repeat syllablesm such as “puh, tuh, kuh,” as quickly, evenly, and clearly as possible.
Sequential Motion Rate
Damage to lower motor neurons in the cranial or spinal nerves; Result of Damage to the PNS
Flaccid Dysarthria
Flaccid dysarthria can occur after damage to which part of the nervous system?
PNS
Why are lower motor neurons also known as the “final common pathway”?
last and only “road” neural impulses from the upper motor neurons travel to reach muscles
What are the six cranial nerves for speech production?
Trigeminal, Facial, Glossopharyngeal, Vagus, Accessory, Hypoglossal
Which cranial nerve innervates intrinsic muscles of the larynx?
Accessory Cranial Nerves
What role do the spinal nerves play in speech production?
Phrenic nerve important for speech production
How can a brainstem stroke cause flaccid dysarthria?
Occurs with interruption of blood flow to brain; can affect the cranial nerves directly; degree of impairment will depend on the number of lower motor neurons that are lost during a stroke
Bilateral damage to upper motor neurons of the pyramidal and extrapyramidal neural pathways
Spastic Dysarthria
Which nervous system tracts must be damaged before spastic dysarthria can occur?
Damage must be bilateral affecting both left and right tracts of the upper motor neurons
Damage in the pyramidal system will result in ____________________
weak/slow skilled movements
Damage in the extrapyramidal system will result in _________________________
weakness, increased muscle tone (spasticity), and abnormal reflexes
Most common cause of spastic dysarthria?
Stroke which will result in spastic dysarthria only when two or more strokes occur in certain combinations or single stroke occurs in brainstem
Uncontrollable crying or laughing that can accompany damage to upper motor neurons of brainstem; caused by damage to part of brain important in inhibiting emotions
pseudobulbar affect
atrophy or weaknessin muscles innervated through medulla, including tongue, velum, larynx and pharynx; caused by damage to lower motor neurons
Bulbar Palsy
weakness and slowness in same muscles; caused by damage to upper motor neurons
Pseudobulbar palsy
Motor speech disorder caused by damage to upper motor neurons on one side of brain that supply cranial and spinal nerves involved in speech production
Weakness in lower face, lips, and tongue on opposite side of lesion, resulting in deficits, specifically imprecise consonants
Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria
Why does unilateral damage to the upper motor neurons result in such less severe symptoms as compared with bilateral damage to these neurons?
Because most cranial nerves serving the speech muscles receive bilateral innervation from upper motor neurons
Motor speech disorder often due to damage to cerebellum or its neural pathways
Results in articulatory and prosodic speech errors, making speech unsteady and slurred
Ataxic Dysarthria
Primary function of the cerebellum is what?
Coordinate timing and force of muscular contractions
Processes sensory information from all over the body and integrates information into execution of movement
transmits planned movements from the association cortex to the cerebellum
middle peduncle
transits cerebellar commands to the cortex and the extrapyramidal system
Superior peduncle
transmits sensory information from the entire body to the cerebellum
inferior peduncle
degenertive disease that can lead to ataxic dysarthria and other motor deficits.
autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia of late onset
What is decomposition of movement?
manifestations of cerebellar dysfunction, where instead of smooth coordinated movements, they are distinct and jerky
Is hypernasality a significant problem in most cases of ataxic dysarthria?
No
Caused by any process that damages basal ganglia
Harsh vocal quality, reduced stress, monoloudness, imprecise consonants
Hypokinetic Dysarthria
What are the characteristic symptoms of parkinsonism?
- Resting tremor
- Bradykinesia: slow, reduced range of movement
- Rigidity
- Spasticity (Michael J Foxx)
- Akinesia: delay in initiation of movements
- Postural reflexes
Reduction of dopamine in the striatum causes too much acetylcholine which can be the primary cause of rigidity, bradykinesia, and other symptoms of parkinsonism
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Chemical precursor of dopamine; used to treat the effects of parkinsonism
L-Dopa
side effects of L-Dopa treatment:
Minor: Dry mouth, dizziness, dilated pupils, and clumsiness
Major: inappropriate emotional outbursts, delusions, hallucinations, and confusion
caused by a virus; triggers the degeneration of nerve cells in the substantia nigra, which results in decreased amounts of dopamine in the basal ganglia
postencephalitic parkinsonism