Terms

Question 1

morbid

Answer 1

of the nature of or inficative of disease

Question 2

CVA

Answer 2

cerebrovascular accident

Question 3

stroke

Answer 3

lack of blood flow to any area of the brain

=CVA

Question 4

hemoragic stroke

Answer 4

drowning in blood

Question 5

ischemic stroke

Answer 5

starving-lack of blood

Question 6

types of ischemic stroke

Answer 6

1) thrombotic=plaque (stays)

2) embolic= clot breaks off and gets lodged (travels)

Question 7

anomia

Answer 7

word finding difficulty

Question 8

3 different types of anomia

Answer 8

1) phonemic aphasia=phonological level
50% overlap with similar word
2) semantic paraphasias=lexical level
word is related to desired target
3) neologisms=not real words phonologically or semantically, but usually follows the orthographic rules of language

Question 9

agrammatism

Answer 9

nonfluent, inaccurate syntactic application

Question 10

exectuve functioning

Answer 10

highest level of cognitive ability, may include planning, sequencing, making judgements, etc

Question 11

bradykinesia

Answer 11

slow movement

Question 12

apraxia

Answer 12

difficulty in motors skills involved in speech

Question 13

aphasia

Answer 13

difficulty..

Question 14

logorrhea

Answer 14

excessive and often incoherent talkitiveness