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Ultimate Praxis 5331 SPEECH
PATHOLOGY Questions and Correct
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vocal fold nodules
Ans: Typically bilateral and sit opposite of each other, typically
appear at the junction of the anterior and middle third portion
of the folds
cluttering
Ans: Highly dysfluent, rapid, unclear and disorganized speech.
Lack of personal concern or reduced awareness about problem
gestural AAC
Ans: No instruments or external aids are used; pantomime,
eyeblink encoding, American Indian hand talk, ASL
Hemorrhagic stroke
Ans: Caused by bleeding in the brain due to ruptured blood
vessels. Intracerebral (within brain) or extracerebral (within the
meninges, resulting in subarachnoid, subdural and epidural
varieties)
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Diaphragm
Ans: Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and
expiration. The thick dome shaped muscle that separates the
abdomen from the thorax is called the
Diaphragm
Ans: Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and
expiration. The thick dome shaped muscle that separates the
abdomen from the thorax is called the
orbicularis oris
Ans: The primary muscle of the lips is the
efferent nerves
Ans: Also called motor nerves; nerves that carry information
out of the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body.
globus, pallidus, caudate, and putamen
Ans: The corpus striatum is composed of three nuclear masses,
which are the
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corpus callosum and basal ganglia
Ans: The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the
Aryepiglottic folds
Ans: These are composed of a ring of connective tissue and
muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to
the larynx. They separate the laryngeal vestibule from the
pharynx and help preserve the airway
palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini, and levator veli palatini
Ans: Muscles that contribute to the velopharyngeal closure
through tensing to elevating the velum are the
lingual frenulum
Ans: The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that
connects the tongue with the mandible is the
genioglossus
Ans: When a person is producing voiced and voiceless /th/, the
muscle most involved is the
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X
Ans: The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and
inneravates the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, and
palatopharyngeus muscles is
Lateral cricoarytenoids and transverse arytenoids
Ans: Which muscles from the list are most involved in
adducting the vocal folds?
commissural fibers
Ans: cerebral hemispheres are connected by
reticular activating system
Ans: The central nervous systems primary mechanism of
attention, alertness, and consciousness, which is also related to
sleep wake cycles is the
percentral gyrus
Ans: The primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe is located on
the
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Ultimate Praxis 5331 SPEECH
PATHOLOGY Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
vocal fold nodules
Ans: Typically bilateral and sit opposite of each other, typically
appear at the junction of the anterior and middle third portion
of the folds
cluttering
Ans: Highly dysfluent, rapid, unclear and disorganized speech.
Lack of personal concern or reduced awareness about problem
gestural AAC
Ans: No instruments or external aids are used; pantomime,
eyeblink encoding, American Indian hand talk, ASL
Hemorrhagic stroke
Ans: Caused by bleeding in the brain due to ruptured blood
vessels. Intracerebral (within brain) or extracerebral (within the
meninges, resulting in subarachnoid, subdural and epidural
varieties)
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Diaphragm
Ans: Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and
expiration. The thick dome shaped muscle that separates the
abdomen from the thorax is called the
Diaphragm
Ans: Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and
expiration. The thick dome shaped muscle that separates the
abdomen from the thorax is called the
orbicularis oris
Ans: The primary muscle of the lips is the
efferent nerves
Ans: Also called motor nerves; nerves that carry information
out of the brain and spinal cord to other areas of the body.
globus, pallidus, caudate, and putamen
Ans: The corpus striatum is composed of three nuclear masses,
which are the
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corpus callosum and basal ganglia
Ans: The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the
Aryepiglottic folds
Ans: These are composed of a ring of connective tissue and
muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to
the larynx. They separate the laryngeal vestibule from the
pharynx and help preserve the airway
palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini, and levator veli palatini
Ans: Muscles that contribute to the velopharyngeal closure
through tensing to elevating the velum are the
lingual frenulum
Ans: The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that
connects the tongue with the mandible is the
genioglossus
Ans: When a person is producing voiced and voiceless /th/, the
muscle most involved is the
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X
Ans: The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and
inneravates the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, and
palatopharyngeus muscles is
Lateral cricoarytenoids and transverse arytenoids
Ans: Which muscles from the list are most involved in
adducting the vocal folds?
commissural fibers
Ans: cerebral hemispheres are connected by
reticular activating system
Ans: The central nervous systems primary mechanism of
attention, alertness, and consciousness, which is also related to
sleep wake cycles is the
percentral gyrus
Ans: The primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe is located on
the
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