CSD 444 TEST 2 PSU QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the two types of CVA's - Answers - Ischemic and Hemorrhagic
Ischemic - Answers - Complete or partial occlusion of blood supply to brain
What is an ischemic CVA caused by? - Answers - Atherosclerosis (plaque forms on
arterial walls, leads to progressive narrowing of blood vessel.)
If the clot is temporary, can lead to a ______________. - Answers - TIA- transient
ischemic attack (symptoms of a stroke but the symptoms subside)
Embolitic - Answers - Clot that travels through arteries and becomes lodged in
narrower part of arterial system.
Arterial Bleed (hemorrhagic cva) - Answers - Blood into brain tissue causes damage
Causes of a Hemorrhagic CVA - Answers - High blood pressure and weakened arterial
walls
Left Hemisphere - Answers - Language specialization for most people
Right Hemisphere - Answers - Visuo-spatial perception and attention, abstract, figural
language (e.g. idioms, metaphors).
_____________ is a complex behavior results from interaction of interconnected neural
networks - Answers - Language
Aphasia - Answers - Loss or reduction of language skills due to brain injury. There are
deficits across all language modalities: speaking, writing, listening, and reading
What are the three most common aphasia syndromes? - Answers - Broca's aphasia,
Wernicke's aphasia, and Global aphasia.
What are the aphasia syndromes caused by? - Answers - Damage in cortical regions
considered important for comprehension, formulation, and production of language.
These aphasia regions are located where? - Answers - In the central part of the
language dominant hemisphere, in the area served by the middle cerebral artery
What is Broca's aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the anterior branch of
the middle cerebral artery
What is Wernicke's aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the posterior branch
of the middle cerebra artery.
, What is Global aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the artery's main trunk.
Left anterior lesion (Broca's area = ______________) - Answers - Brodmann's areas
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Broca's aphasia may be called ____________, ____________, or ___________ -
Answers - Expressive aphasia, or motor aphasia, or nonfluent aphasia
What is Broca's area responsible for? - Answers - Planning speech movements
In Broca's aphasia words come __________, ___________, and ____________ -
Answers - Slowly, laboriously, and haltingly
People with Broca's aphasia demonstrate a pattern of
__________________________________________. - Answers - Long pauses
between words and sometimes within words
Which aphasia consists of intonation and stress patterns being diminished (monotone) -
Answers - Broca's
In which aphasia are function words missing? - Answers - Broca's
Utterances are short and consist mostly of content words in _________ aphasia -
Answers - Broca's
T/F--- Broca's patients understand spoken and written language better than they speak
or write. - Answers - True
__________ aphasia patients usually cooperate and remember treatment tasks and
goals from day to day. - Answers - Broca's
__________ aphasia patients are aware of their speech and writing errors, and will
attempt to repair errors. - Answers - Broca's
Patients with Broca's aphasia write as they talk: ____________ and __________ -
Answers - Slowly and laboriously
T/F-- In Broca's Aphasia, written language consists of strings of content words with
misspellings and distortions or omissions of letters. - Answers - True
Do Broca's patients usually write in cursive or print? - Answers - They usually print -
rarely write in cursive form. Printing slants down the page.
Patients with mild or moderate Wernicke's usually get the overall point of conversations
but miss ______________ - Answers - Many specifics
What are the two types of CVA's - Answers - Ischemic and Hemorrhagic
Ischemic - Answers - Complete or partial occlusion of blood supply to brain
What is an ischemic CVA caused by? - Answers - Atherosclerosis (plaque forms on
arterial walls, leads to progressive narrowing of blood vessel.)
If the clot is temporary, can lead to a ______________. - Answers - TIA- transient
ischemic attack (symptoms of a stroke but the symptoms subside)
Embolitic - Answers - Clot that travels through arteries and becomes lodged in
narrower part of arterial system.
Arterial Bleed (hemorrhagic cva) - Answers - Blood into brain tissue causes damage
Causes of a Hemorrhagic CVA - Answers - High blood pressure and weakened arterial
walls
Left Hemisphere - Answers - Language specialization for most people
Right Hemisphere - Answers - Visuo-spatial perception and attention, abstract, figural
language (e.g. idioms, metaphors).
_____________ is a complex behavior results from interaction of interconnected neural
networks - Answers - Language
Aphasia - Answers - Loss or reduction of language skills due to brain injury. There are
deficits across all language modalities: speaking, writing, listening, and reading
What are the three most common aphasia syndromes? - Answers - Broca's aphasia,
Wernicke's aphasia, and Global aphasia.
What are the aphasia syndromes caused by? - Answers - Damage in cortical regions
considered important for comprehension, formulation, and production of language.
These aphasia regions are located where? - Answers - In the central part of the
language dominant hemisphere, in the area served by the middle cerebral artery
What is Broca's aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the anterior branch of
the middle cerebral artery
What is Wernicke's aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the posterior branch
of the middle cerebra artery.
, What is Global aphasia caused by? - Answers - Occlusion of the artery's main trunk.
Left anterior lesion (Broca's area = ______________) - Answers - Brodmann's areas
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Broca's aphasia may be called ____________, ____________, or ___________ -
Answers - Expressive aphasia, or motor aphasia, or nonfluent aphasia
What is Broca's area responsible for? - Answers - Planning speech movements
In Broca's aphasia words come __________, ___________, and ____________ -
Answers - Slowly, laboriously, and haltingly
People with Broca's aphasia demonstrate a pattern of
__________________________________________. - Answers - Long pauses
between words and sometimes within words
Which aphasia consists of intonation and stress patterns being diminished (monotone) -
Answers - Broca's
In which aphasia are function words missing? - Answers - Broca's
Utterances are short and consist mostly of content words in _________ aphasia -
Answers - Broca's
T/F--- Broca's patients understand spoken and written language better than they speak
or write. - Answers - True
__________ aphasia patients usually cooperate and remember treatment tasks and
goals from day to day. - Answers - Broca's
__________ aphasia patients are aware of their speech and writing errors, and will
attempt to repair errors. - Answers - Broca's
Patients with Broca's aphasia write as they talk: ____________ and __________ -
Answers - Slowly and laboriously
T/F-- In Broca's Aphasia, written language consists of strings of content words with
misspellings and distortions or omissions of letters. - Answers - True
Do Broca's patients usually write in cursive or print? - Answers - They usually print -
rarely write in cursive form. Printing slants down the page.
Patients with mild or moderate Wernicke's usually get the overall point of conversations
but miss ______________ - Answers - Many specifics
