Speech and language

Question 1

Area 44

Answer 1

Posterior half of broca’s area

language production

Question 2

Area 45

Answer 2

Anterior half of broca’s area

verbal memory

Question 3

Angular gyrus area 39

Answer 3

Both right and left hemispheres

involved in processing meaning of words

Question 4

Superamarginal gyrus area 40

Answer 4

involved in phonological and articulatory processing of words

Question 5

areas 39 and 40 receive

Answer 5

auditory
visual
somatosensory

Question 6

Arcuate fasciculus

Answer 6

connects wernickes and brocas

Question 7

Limbic systems control in speech

Answer 7

ACC projects to the PAG

-controls motoneurons that innervate muscles involved in speech sound production

Question 8

Global aphasia

Answer 8

involves both broca and wernicke

loss of ability to understand/speak/read/write language

Question 9

Conduction aphasia

Answer 9

Difficulty when asked to repeat words or phases

arcuate fasciculus- bad

Question 10

Anarthria

Answer 10

Malfunction in motor aspect of speech

trouble articulating what they are thinking

Question 11

Alexia

Answer 11

cannot read but can still write- later in life

Question 12

Dyslexia

Answer 12

Various degrees of difficulty learning to read and write

confuse letters that are visually similar

Question 13

Anomic aphasia

Answer 13

can’t find word and substitute with thing or the function of device

Question 14

Causes of language dysfunction

Answer 14

env.- low SES, nutritional deficiency
alcoholism/parkinson’s- neurodegeneration
velocardiofacial syndrome- genetic
autism- idiopathic