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This is the system of symbols used to communicate meaning
What is language?
The brain is divided into these THREE main parts.
What are the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem?
The number of cranial nerves.
What is 12?
A problem with communication resulting from damage to the brain and/or nervous system due to disease or trauma
What is a neurogenic communication disorder?
The area of cognition that describes how the brain holds information is called this.
What is memory?
When we ask a patient to follow directions, we are assessing this patient
What is receptive language or language comprehension?
Language expression is highly localized to the frontal lobe, while language comprehension is housed in this lobe.
What is the temporal lobe?
Cranial nerve V, one of the largest cranial nerves that splits into three branches, is known as this.
What is the trigeminal nerve?
This type of stroke makes up 87% of all strokes.
What is an ischemic stroke?
Holding attention to one thing is called sustained attention, while moving attention between more than one thing is called this.
What is alternating attention?
When describing the speech of a client, we talk about speech sound production, fluency, and this other speech-related parameter.
What is voice?
Damage to this part of the brain might result in impaired balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
When you ask a patient ot stick out their tongue, you are assessing this cranial nerve.
What is cranial nerve XII or the hypoglossal nerve?
What is and anoxic brain injury or anoxia?
When we ask questions such as, "What is your name? Where are you? What day is it?", we are assessing this aspect of cognition.
What is orientation?
Phonology, morphology, and syntax are aspects of language form. Pragmatics is the name of the aspect that describes this part of language.
What is use?
The "tough" outer membrane of the brain is known as this.
What is the dura mater?
These two nerves are the primary controllers of the larynx and pharynx, making them crucial to swallow function.
What are cranial nerves IX and X or the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves?
When this ballooning of a blood vessel wall in the brain finally pops, it becomes a hemorrhagic stroke.
What is an aneurysm?
This cognitive skill allows you to hold something in your mind and do something with it...you are using it right now.
What is working memory?
Communication is achieved by the interaction of speech, language and these TWO other components.
What are cognition and behavior?
I'm talkin' about the structure that joins the ACA, PCA, and MCA allowing for collateral circulation to the brain when it is injured.
What is the Circle of Willis?
Nerves that carry messages from the body to the central nervous system are these types of nerves, does that make sense?
What are afferent nerves?
Generalized seizures that affects the whole brain can be divided into these two subtypes.
What are tonic-clonic and petit mal (or absence) seizures?
When I am at Walmart, and I refrain from saying what I'm thinking, I am using this executive function skill.
What is inhibition or inhibitory control?