Neuro: Aphasia

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

• Higher-order inability to speak (language deficit)

Question 2

Dysarthria

Answer 2

• Motor inability to speak (movement deficit)

Question 3

Broca

Answer 3

• Nonfluent aphasia w/ Intact comprehension
• Inferior frontal gyrus of Frontal lobe

Question 4

Wernicke

Answer 4

• Fluent aphasia w/ Impaired comprehension and Repition
• Superior temporal gyrus of Temporal lobe

Question 5

Global

Answer 5

• Nonfluent aphasia w/ Impaired Comprehension
• Both Broca and Wernicke areas affected

Question 6

Conduction

Answer 6

• Poor repetition but Fluent Speech, Intact Comprehension
• Can be caused by damage to Left Superior Temporal lobe and/or Left Supramarginal gyrus
• Can’t repeat “No ifs, ands, or buts”

Question 7

Transcortical motor

Answer 7

• Nonfluent aphasia w/ Good Comprehension and Repetition

Question 8

Transcortical Sensory

Answer 8

• Poor Comprehension w/ Fluent Speech and Repetition

Question 9

Mixed Transcortical

Answer 9

• Nonfluent speech, Poor Comprehension, Good Repition

Question 10

Apraxia

Answer 10

• Inability to do a Skilled, Learned movement
• No other motor or primary sensory deficit can explain: Dominant Hemisphere, Parietal / Frontal lobe