chapter 1

Question 1

Why Study Neuroscience?

Answer 1

Necessary in order to provide competent and comprehensive rehabilitation (Be an informed consumer of research!!)
* Knowledgeable team member
* Ultimately, to be a better clinician

Question 2

Why study disorders ‘unrelated’ to speech and
language?

Answer 2

Co-morbidity of conditions
* Complicating factors
* May be more related to speech and language than we think

Disorders of any modality do not exist in a vacuum.

Question 3

Neurological Diseases
that may affect our clients

Answer 3

Vascular diseases
* Neoplastic conditions
* Degenerative diseases
* Demyelinating Disease
* Motor disorders
* Bacterial or viral infections

Question 4

Saggital

Answer 4

vertical cut segmenting brain into left and
right portions (most commonly depicted: mid-sagittal)

Question 5

Coronal

Answer 5

vertical cut perpendicular to sagittal
section—divides brain into front (rostral) and back
(caudal)

Question 6

Transverse or horizontal

Answer 6

perpendicular to coronal and sagittal
planes, divides brain into upper and lower halves

Question 7

Rostral

Answer 7

Towards the nose

Question 8

Caudal

Answer 8

Towards the tail

Question 9

Ventral

Answer 9

Towards the belly
and anterior part of the spinal cord

Question 10

Dorsal

Answer 10

Posterior part of the spinal cord but looking at the brain is the superior part

Question 11

Anterior

Answer 11

The front

Question 12

Posterior

Answer 12

The back

Question 13

Inferior

Answer 13

Bellow

Question 14

Superior

Answer 14

On top

Question 15

Inter

Answer 15

Between

Question 16

Intra

Answer 16

Within

Question 17

Afferent fibers

Answer 17

(sensory): Brings signal away from
sensory neurons to brain

Question 18

Decussation (X

Answer 18

A decussation is an intersection of pathways in the form of an X. Most nerve pathways between our brain and spinal cord cross over at some point

Question 19

Efferent fibers

Answer 19

(motor): Brings signal from brain to
neuromuscular junction

Question 20

Ipsilateral

Answer 20

refers to structures on the same side of the body or brain (left or right

Question 21

contralateral

Answer 21

contralateral refers to structures on opposite sides of the body.

Question 22

Gray matter:

Answer 22

neuronal bodies and dendrites

Question 23

Cortex

Answer 23

cell body collections on surface
* Gyrus/gyri
* Sulcus/sulci
* Fissure

Question 24

White matter

Answer 24

White matter: neuronal axons (myelinated fibers)
* Tract/fasciculus vs. nerve/fibers
* Names of tracts typically from where they start to
end
* e.g., corticospinal tract