COMD 133 Quiz #3 with verified
answers graded A+
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔Language disorder that is acquired sometime after an individual
has developed language competence that results from injury to the language dominant center
of the brain
Common Causes of Neurological Injury to the Language Dominant Hempisphere - correct
answer ✔✔Stroke, Infectious Diseases, Tumors, Exposure to toxins or poisons, hydrocephalus,
nutritional or metabolic disorders
Stroke - correct answer ✔✔When the blood supply providing nutrients and oxygen to the brain
is interrupted by a blood clot or other clogging material in the artery serving the brain
Broca's area - correct answer ✔✔Center for language production, left posterior inferior frontal
lobe
Wernicke's Area - correct answer ✔✔Center for language comprehension, left superior
temporal lobe
Acquired Disorders - correct answer ✔✔Language has already developed and then is lost
Ischemic Stroke - correct answer ✔✔Blockage of an artery not allowing blood to get to the brain
Thrombosis - correct answer ✔✔Gradual buildup of plaque within the artery over time that
blocks the artery
answers graded A+
Aphasia - correct answer ✔✔Language disorder that is acquired sometime after an individual
has developed language competence that results from injury to the language dominant center
of the brain
Common Causes of Neurological Injury to the Language Dominant Hempisphere - correct
answer ✔✔Stroke, Infectious Diseases, Tumors, Exposure to toxins or poisons, hydrocephalus,
nutritional or metabolic disorders
Stroke - correct answer ✔✔When the blood supply providing nutrients and oxygen to the brain
is interrupted by a blood clot or other clogging material in the artery serving the brain
Broca's area - correct answer ✔✔Center for language production, left posterior inferior frontal
lobe
Wernicke's Area - correct answer ✔✔Center for language comprehension, left superior
temporal lobe
Acquired Disorders - correct answer ✔✔Language has already developed and then is lost
Ischemic Stroke - correct answer ✔✔Blockage of an artery not allowing blood to get to the brain
Thrombosis - correct answer ✔✔Gradual buildup of plaque within the artery over time that
blocks the artery