Module 1 Vocab Words Only

Question 1

Ataxia

Answer 1

uncoordinated learned voluntary movement

Question 2

Gait Apraxia

Answer 2

Diminished ability to perform learned movement of walking/standing

Question 3

Construction apraxia

Answer 3

inability to draw, construct or copy geometric figures

lesion in non-dominant parietal and frontal lobes

Question 4

Sensory apraxia

Answer 4

inibility to formulate the ideational plan for executing the multiple steps of purposeful voluntary movement

Question 5

Ideomotor apraxia

Answer 5

inability to perform a task when asked

ie comb hair

Question 6

Aphasia

Answer 6

acquired impairment of the comprehension/production of language
sensory motor or both
impairment of any language modality

Question 7

Dysarthria

Answer 7

difficulty of motor control of tongue/mouth to produce speech

Question 8

Dysphagia

Answer 8

difficulty with motor function of swallowing

Question 9

Akinetic Mutism

Answer 9

bilateral frontal lobe lesion

conscious alert patient who retains ability to move/speak but fails to do so
damaged pathways inhibit motivation/increase apathy cause passiveness to interact or respond

Question 10

Akinesia

Answer 10

lack of movement

Question 11

Mutism

Answer 11

lack of speech

Question 12

Perseveration

Answer 12

persist on single topic

Question 13

Apathy

Answer 13

lack of interest, indifference

Question 14

Anesthesia

Answer 14

loss of sensation

Question 15

Agnosia

Answer 15

loss of sensory interpretation
loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes or smells with sensation and memory still intact

can result in damage to association area of specific sensory input

Question 16

Anosagnosia

Answer 16

ignorance of the presence of disease
non-dominant parietal lobe damage
classic clinical finding in right hemisphere stroke
inability to gain feedback about ones own condition

Question 17

Astereoagnosia

Answer 17

tactile amnesia

inability to judge the form of an object by touch

Question 18

Agraphesthesia

Answer 18

difficulty recognizing a familiar form

Question 19

Dyslexia

Answer 19

impairment or difficulty with fluency or comprehension accuracy in the ability to read
right to left disorientation

Question 20

Agraphia

Answer 20

inability to write

Question 21

Acalculia

Answer 21

arithmetic deficits

Question 22

Finger agnosia

Answer 22

inability to distinguish between fingers

Question 23

Visual agnosia

Answer 23

inability to recognize an object by sight

Question 24

Prospagnosia

Answer 24

difficulty recognizing familiar faces

Question 25

Color agnosia

Answer 25

inability to recognize colors

Question 26

Alexia

Answer 26

Inability to ability to understand written/printed word

Question 27

Apraxia

Answer 27

inability to execute learned pruposeful voluntary movement

-result of lesions to motor association area of frontal lobe or sensory input from parietal association areas