anatomy
This area of the brain formulates spoken language and sits in front of the motor strip.
What is Broca’s Area / BA 44/45
Non-fluent, spared comp., poor rep., poor naming
What is Broca’s
Aphasia involves varying degrees of impairment in these 4 primary areas.
What are spoken language expression, written language expression, spoken language comprehension, and reading comprehension.
These are various neuroimaging techniques that provide various images of the brain to guide clinical decision making.
What are CT, MRI, TMS, PET, SPECT, and fMRI
Who was the first localizationalist?
Who is Gal.
This area is responsible for comprehension of spoken language and makes up the posterior 1/3 of the superior temporal gyrus.
What is Wernicke’s area / BA 22
Fluent, poor aud. comp., poor rep., poor naming
What is Wernicke’s aphasia
This core symptom is characterized by poor naming.
What is anomia.
Clinician MUST rule out these diagnoses when determining the presence of anomia.
What are agnosia, apraxia, dementia, TBI, and RHD.
Who was the first to say that we speak with our left hemisphere?
Who is Paul Broca?
This structure is a bundle of white mater that connects BA 44/45 - BA 22 and controls the skill of repetition.
What is the arcuate fasciculus.
Non-fluent, relatively fine aud. comp., spared rep., poor naming
What is transcortical motor aphasia.
These are the three subtypes of paraphasias.
What are literal/phonemic paraphasias, verbal paraphasias (semantic and unrelated), and neologistic paraphasias.
This is the scale that determines if the pt. is non-fluent, borderline fluent, or fluent.
What is 0-5 (non-fluent), 6-8 (borderline), 9+ (fluent).
Who was one of the first to use the term “sensory aphasia”?
Who is Wernicke.
These structures sit “like a cap” on the end of the sylvian and temporal sulci and are highly related to reading and writing.
What are the supra-marginal and angular gyri.
Fluent, neutral aud. comp., v. bad rep!, poor naming
What is conduction aphasia
This symptom of aphasia occurs when a pt. suddenly shuts down while completing a task.
What is the shutter effect or intermittent imperception.
These are common tasks to assess auditory comprehension in pts. with aphasia.
What are following 1-2 step commands, yes/no questions, and/or understanding narrative/asking comprehension questions.
Who had a patient called “TanTan”?
Who is Paul Broca.
This artery supplies blood to most of the lateral parts of the brain.
What is the middle cerebral artery.
Non-fluent, neutral aud. comp., BAD rep., poor naming
What is mixed non-fluent aphasia
What are the terms that correspond to how an individual with aphasia writes.
What are agraphia, paragraphia, and jargonagraphia.
This assessment is one of the most comprehensive tests that differentiates aphasia from normal lang. baselines.
What is the Minnesota.
Geshwind was the first to identify that these brain areas play a role in language.
What is Supra-marginal and angular gyrus’