C/B final Flashcards
anatomy of language is lateralized to ___
LH
-regions surrounding Sylvian fissure
-left perisylvian language network
-variation among individuals, therefore cortical stimulation mapping to locate language areas is routine before surgical removal of tumors or epileptic foci
anatomy of language
where is wernicke’s area
Superior temporal gyrus
where is Broca’s area and insular cortex
inferior frontal cortex
where is the supramarginal gyrus and angular gyrus
inferior parietal lobe
what areas are important to language
-Superior temporal gyrus
-temporal cortex
-inferior parietal lobe
-inferior frontal cortex
*THINK STII
deficits in language comprehension and production
aphasia
-expressive aphasia
-hard time speaking
-referred to telegraphic speech
-syntax aphasia (easier to understand that boy hit girl not girl was hit by a boy)
-pars triangular and pars opercularis –> broca’s area
broca’s aphasia
T or F
not all patients with damage to broca’s are will have speech problems
true
-comprehension problems
wernicke’s aphasia
what connects both wernicke and and Broca’s area
arcuate fasciculus
T or F
if wernicke is not affected but arcuate fasciculus is then there won’t be comprehension problems
False
inability to find words to label things
ex. tip of the tongue phenonmenon
anomia
difficulty controlling articulatory muscles
dysarthria
deficits in motor planning of articulations
speech apraxia
difficulty coordinating speech
developmental dyspraxia
retrieval error
agnosia
lose ability to do something
apraxia
partially lose the ability to do something
dyspraxia
inability to read words despite other language processes being intact
-due to damage in the MEDIAL OCCIPITOTEMPORAL GYRUS or VISUAL WORD FORM AREA (VWFA(
Alexia (root word)
inability to write, motor dysfunction
agraphasia
what can patients do with Alexia without agraphia
-can write but cannot read
-can write because their language areas are still connected to motor areas
-letter by letter reading compensation mechanism – slower
vision based
orthographic
stored representations (words, meanings, concepts, and rules)
mental lexicon