Transcortical Sensory

Question 1

Neurologic damage

Answer 1

outside Wernickes

Left posterior temporo - occipital

angular gyrus

white matter

Question 2

Speech

Answer 2

fluent but content impaired

there is no communication/connection between frontal & temporal lobes

paraphasias, neologisms

circumlocutory empty speech

Question 3

Naming

Answer 3

severely impaired

Question 4

Auditory Comprehension

Answer 4

severely impaired

context dependent comprehension

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

intact

this what differentiates transcortical sensory from wernicke’s

Question 6

Reading

Answer 6

impaired

oral reading may be intact, comprehension serverely impaired

Question 7

Writing

Answer 7

impaired paralllels speech