Aphasia Exam 1

Aphasia 1

100

Aphasia is classified by

1. Pattern of language deficits 

2. Site of lesion 

200

Type of aphasia causing the person to be unable to understand or produce meaningful language 

Wernikes aphasia 

300

When a person is unable to speak fluently, mispronounce words, and speak haltingly 

Broca's aphasia 

400

Non fluent aphasia with impairment to both Broca's and Wernikes' area 

Global Aphasia 

500

Patients have sparse and effortful speech with limited comprehension of speech and cannot read/write beyond elementary level

mixed non fluent aphasia

The Brain

100

Name the 4 lobes of the brain

Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital 

200

Regulates responsiveness of primary motor cortex, controls speech, hands, finger and hand-eye coordination, Brocas area 

Premotor cortex

300

Language association; wernikes area, analysis and elaboration of speech sounds, comprehension of spoken language, verbal memory, language in dominate hemisphere, etc. 

Temporal lobe 

400

Regulates motor function and muscle tone

Basal ganglia 

500

Relays messages between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex. Contributes to cortically mediated speech and language functions 

Thalamus 

Bloody Supply/Stroke

100

Altered level of consciousness, sudden weakness, numbness, drooling, paralysis, difficulty speaking, headache 

Stroke signs and symptoms 

200

Diet and exercise, reducing hypertension, reducing stress, etc.

Stroke prevention 

300

3 structural levels of blood supply

arteries in neck, interconnecting arteries in base of the brain (circle of willis), cerebral arteries on surface of the cortex 

400

location of the focal damage of tissue within the brain following a stroke

Ischemic core

500

Smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease 

Risk factors of stroke 

Aphasia 2

100

Wernikes, anomic, conduction, transcortical sensory is what kind of aphasia  

Fluent Aphasia 

200

Word retrieval/word finding problems 

Anomia 

300

Speech production and comprehension are intact but person is unable to repeat something that has been said

conduction aphasia 

400

Comprehension is poor but ability to repeat is retained 

Transcortical sensory aphasia 

500

Brocas, transcortical motor, and global are what kinds of aphasia 

Non fluent aphasia

Stroke

100

Caused by blockage of an artery (thrombosis, embolism)

Ischemic stroke 

200

Blood clot within the brain 

Thrombosis 

300

Clot that forms in other parts of the body 

embolism 

400

Bleeding in the brain

hemmoragic stroke 

500

Other etiologies of a stroke

TBI, Brain tumor, infection, neurogenic disease