W7_09 Language

Question 1

characteristics of broca’s aphasia?

Answer 1

not fluent;
good comprehension;
poor repetition;
poor naming

Question 2

characteristics of wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 2

fluent;
poor comprehension;
poor repitition;
poor naming

Question 3

characteristics of conduction aphasia?

Answer 3

fluent;
good comprehension;
poor repetition;
poor naming

Question 4

characteristics of global aphasia?

Answer 4

not fluent;
poor comprehension;
poor repetition;
poor naming

Question 5

what 6 things are investigated in a language exam?

Answer 5

spontaneous speech;
auditory comprehension;
naming;
repetition;
writing;
reading (both oral and comprehension)

Question 6

what is verbal/semantic paraphasia?

Answer 6

substitution of words (e.g. hat for coat)

Question 7

what is prosody?

Answer 7

the tone of speech that can imply emotions (e.g. sarcastic, happy, stern, etc)

Question 8

if the aphasic patient is fluent, where is the lesion?

Answer 8

parietal or temporal lobe (e.g. wernicke’s)

Question 9

if the aphasic patient is nonfluent, where is the lesion?

Answer 9

frontal lobe (e.g. broca’s)

Question 10

what is literal/phonemic paraphasia?

Answer 10

substitution of sounds (e.g. clable for table)

Question 11

what are 4 ways of testing auditory comprehension?

Answer 11

single words;
phrases;
whole-body commands;
syntax

Question 12

the picture with the woman washing dishes and children stealing cookies is from what exam?

Answer 12

boston diagnostic aphasia exam (BDAE)

Question 13

broca’s area is which brodmann area?

Answer 13

B44-45

Question 14

wernicke’s area is which brodmann area?

Answer 14

B22

Question 15

where is the lesion in conduction aphasia?

Answer 15

possibly in arcuate fasciculus (connects wernicke’s to broca’s)

Question 16

fact: broca’s aphasia can be improve in song

Answer 16

good.

Question 17

characteristics of transcortical sensory aphasia?

Answer 17

fluent;
poor comprehension;
good repetition;
poor naming

Question 18

where is the lesion in transcortical sensory aphasia?

Answer 18

posterior temporo-parieto-occipital junction. wernicke’s area spared.

Question 19

characteristics of mixed transcortical aphasia?

Answer 19

nonfluent;
poor comprehension;
good repetition;
poor naming

Question 20

where are the lesions in mixed transcortical aphasias?

Answer 20

anterior and posterior association areas; perisylvian language region spare

Question 21

characteristics of anomic aphasia?

Answer 21

fluent;
good comprehension;
good repetition;
poor naming

Question 22

where is the lesion in anomic aphasias?

Answer 22

temporal or temporo-parietal areas

Question 23

what is alexia without agraphia? where is the lesion?

Answer 23

can’t read but can write; in the posterior left occipital lobe and posterior corpus callosum

Question 24

what is the function of the angular gyrus?

Answer 24

complex language function