Areas of Language
Area responsible for perception and discrimination of auditory stimuli
Heschl's gyrus
This type of aphasia is always severe
Global Aphasia
Wide lateral damage to the left hemisphere causes what?
Global Aphasia
What is an atom that has lost or gained an electron?
Ion
Area responsible for planning & organizing speech movements/articulation
Broca's Area
Aphasia characterized by impaired auditory comprehension and fluent speech
Wernicke's Aphasia
Damage to the inferior parietal/posterior temporal lobe can cause what?
Anomic Aphasia
Reading = what?
Comprehension
The white matter pathway connecting posterior and anterior language areas
Arcuate Fasciculus
Aphasia causing difficulty with finding words
Anomic Aphasia
Damage to what area causes posterior aphasia?
Wernicke's Area
Talking
Wernicke's Area
Aphasia characterized by slow, nonfluent, and awkward verbal expression
Broca's Aphasia
Damage to the CNS not caused by paralysis, weakness, incoordination, or sensory loss causes what?
Apraxia
What is the role of the primary motor cortex in speaking?
Delegation of cranial nerves and muscles to make speech happen
Broca's Area
Aphasia correlated with the "flow of words"
Wernicke's Aphasia
Damage to the CNS and/or PNS will result in paralysis, weakness, incoordination, sensory loss, etc. of speech musculature causing what?
Dysarthria
What disorder is a result of damage to the neuromotor execution system?
Dysarthria