The Brain, Neuropathology and Visual Pathways
These are the smallest organizational unit of the nervous system
What are: the neurons
The age at which neuron shrinkage and reduced dendritic branching begins
What is: 30 years old
These are the three non-fluent aphasias discussed in class.
What are: Broca's Aphasia, Transcortical Motor Aphasia, Global Aphasia
A form of dementia caused by blood flow problems to the brain
What is: vascular dementia
The decade(s) during which a person typically experiences the onset of Primary progressive Aphasia (PPA)
What is: 50s-60s.
A part of the neuron that acts as an insulator and is responsible for speeding up the neural conduction.
What is: Meylin sheath
A term that refers to “the stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination towards others or oneself based on age
What is: ageism
These are the four fluent aphasias discussed in class.
What are: Wernicke's Aphasia, Transcortical Sensory Aphasia, Conduction Aphasia, Anomic Aphasia
A type of dementia that may be characterized by: Paranoia, hallucinations, sleep disturbances, and confusion among other things.
What is: Lewy Body dementia
This is an attentional disorder in which sensory information is not consciously processed by the brain.
What is: Neglect
These are the 3 layers of membrane that protect the brain
What are: dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater (the meninges)
The name for the memory type that describes recall for how to carry out specific tasks
What is: procedural memory
This is the type of aphasia that is most likely to co-occur with apraxia or dysarthria
What is: Broca's aphasia
A type of dementia that affects people beginning in their 40-60s, also known as Pick’s disease.
What is: Frontotemporal dementia
Reading a recipe and preparing a meal requires you to use this type of attention...
What is: Alternating attention
A term that describes an anopia affecting half of the visual field of one eye
What is: Hemianopsia
This is a condition in which an artery is twisted or tangled and at risk of rupture.
What is: an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
A non-fluent aphasia in which repetition of speech is usually spared is characteristic of this type of aphasia:
What is: Transcortical Motor Aphasia
In this stage of dementia, persons exhibit difficulty with word finding, semantic confusions (choosing wrong words), difficulty recalling recent events. use humor to cover up, and sometimes self- isolate.
What is: Early-stage dementia
This is a term that refers to a lack of awareness of deficits, or a denial of illness - and is a common obstacle for people with RHS
What is: Anosognosia
Located in the brainstem, this piece of anatomy houses the centers for respiration, and other vegetative functions.
What is: Medulla oblongata
This is the term used to describe a change of function in a portion of the brain connected by neurons to a distant, but still damaged, brain area
What is: diaschisis
Impaired repetition worse with increasing complexity, relatively good comprehension, relatively good spoken and written language, good awareness, phonemic paraphasias - are characteristics of this type of aphasia
What is: Conduction aphasia
This is the fatal brain disease in humans that is linked to "mad cow disease"
What is: Creutzfelt-Jacob disease
This is a type of PPA primarily characterized by impaired single word retrieval
What is: the logopenic variant