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1
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frontal lobe controls

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conscious behavior, form plans

2
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major areas in frontal lobe

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primary and supplementary motor cortex,

Brocca’s area

3
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Brocca’s area

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motor movement in speech, fluent and well articulation

4
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primary motor cortex

A

movement of muscles

5
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supplementary motor cortex

A

motor planning in speech

6
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parietal lobe functions

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somesthetic sensations: pressure, pain, temperature, touch

7
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major areas in parietal lobe

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supramarginal gyrus and angular gyrus

8
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superamarginal gyrus damage

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conduction aphasia

9
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angular gyrus damage

A

reading and naming difficulties

10
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temporal lobe functions

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auditory, comprehension

11
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major areas in temporal lobe

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primary auditory cortex, and auditory association area = heschl’s gyri,
Wernicke’s area

12
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primary auditory cortex

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receive sounds, synthesize to be recognized as whole units

13
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auditory association area

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analyze speech sounds–recognize words and sentences

14
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wernicke’s area

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comprehension of spoken and written language

15
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arcuate fasciculus

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connects Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas