higher order cortex. Flashcards
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wernikes- area 22
located in the posterior third of the superior temporal gyrus.
Broca’s area 44 and 45
inferior portion of the inferior frontal gyrus,
Broca’s and wernikes communicate
arcuate fasiculus.
angular gyrus
It is important for reading written language as it connects the visual cortex and the language centers.
Brocas
understands.
decreased fluency
unable to repeat.
unable to understand complex grammer.
Transcortical motor aphasia.
Understand.
decreased fluency
able to repeat.
difficulty with naming,
water shed infarcts
Wernikes.
no understanding.
normal fluency
unable to repeat.
Paraphasic errors are common
Transcortical sensory
No understanding
Normal fluency
Able to repeat.
watershed infracts,
Conduction aphasia
understands.
fluent
unable to repeat.
Lesion of the arcuate fasciculus
Anomic aphasia.
able to understand, repeat and fluent.
Global aphasia
impaired comprehension.
Impaired fluency.
Impaired repetition.
Disconnection syndromes
agraphia without alexia is seen in dominant inferior parietal lobule part of gretsman syndrome.
Alexia without agraphia
Lesion of the occipital cortex and medial surface from PCA stroke.
Lesion of the left side causes inability to read the right hemifield due to visual field deficit and material in the right hemifield is unable to be read as it cant cross to the left dominant language center because of damage to the corpus callousom.
they can say words that are spelled out loud and have difficulty in naming colors.
alexia and agraphia
lesion of the dominant inferior parietal lobule in the area of angular gyrus,
apraxia
inability to carry on the correct sequence of motor movements.
Aphasia is commonly associated with apraxia especially of oro-lingual.
aphemia
severe apraxia of speech is caused by dominant frontal operculum lesion.
cortical deafness
bilateral auditory cortical lesion. Patients can hear voices and sounds but are unable to interpret them
Pure word deafness
They have impaired ability to understand verbal language, these patients can read and write.
It is caused by lesion of the dominant auditory cortex causing disconnect syndrome.
disconnection syndrome.
conduction aphasia.
Pure word deafness.
Alexia without agraphia.
Spatial attention
The right parietal association cortex is important for attention.
Hemispatial neglect
Non dominant parietal or frontal cortex.
Thalamus.
Reticular formation of the brain.
Cingulate gyri
Types of neglect: sensory motor sensory motor conceptual
allesthesia
Allokensia
tactile response test
testing motor neglect in isolation
stimulus applied to the left is reported to be on the right.
patient moves the normal limb when is asked to move the neglected limb.
asking patient to move limbs in response to touch. it is c good for both motor and sensory neglect.
crossed response test: patient moves the opposite limb being touched.
Capgras
fergoli syndrome.
reduplicative paramensia
right hemisphere lesion where patient is convinced family members are replaced by imposers.
Two people are present in two identical copies.
Frontal lobe
medial frontal lobe contains the micturition inhibitory center.