SLP 5125 Neuro Exam With Complete Solution
Frontal lobe - ANSWER personality, mood, executive decision, motor, speech expressive
lang, reasoning, attention, planning, thinking
Temporal lobe functions - ANSWER Language comprehension, visual and spoken lang,
memory
parietal lobe function - ANSWER sensory perception and interpretation spatial
orientation, recognition, emotion, prosody
occipital - ANSWER vision, process information from retinas
afferent - ANSWER sensory, towards CNS
efferent - ANSWER motor, away from CNS/brain
Wernicke's area - ANSWER language comprehension
Broca's area - ANSWER Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe,
usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
Which of the following is the thalamus' auditory center? - ANSWER Medial geniculate
body
What is the group of specialized cells called where cranial nerve VIII inputs into the
brainstem? - ANSWER CNC (cochlear nuclear complex)
, The vestibular portion of cranial nerve VIII inputs into the brainstem at the vestibular
nuclear complex (VNC), which consists of four nuclei on each side of the brainstem -
ANSWER True
Which tract mediates the vestibulocollic reflex? - ANSWER Medial vestibulospinal tracts
Which type of aphasia is characterized by patients being echolalic (i.e., repeating what
others say)? - ANSWER Transcortical sensory aphasia
Which structure is associated with the condition hyperacusis? - ANSWER Inferior
colliculus
The main organ of the vestibular system is the cochlea. - ANSWER False
Tonographic representation refers to the fact that the cochlea's basilar membrane is
arranged by tones and this representation is maintained throughout the central auditory
system. - ANSWER true
Julie is a 46-year-old college professor who has experienced tinnitus and a slow loss of
her hearing in her left ear over the past year and a half. Her neurologist ordered an MRI,
which revealed amass on the vestibular branch of her left cranial nerve VIII. Julie's
neurologist counseled her that it would be best to monitor the growth of the tumor, but
that a day might come when she might need to have it surgically removed.
What condition to you think Julie has? Why do you think this? - ANSWER She has a
vestibular schwannoma because the mass on the vestibular branch of cranial nerve VIII
is consistent with this disorder as well as Julie's symptoms.
Hyperkinectic dysarthria is usually due to damage to what structure? - ANSWER basal
ganglia
Which of the following motor systems is indirect in nature? - ANSWER Extrapyramidal
Frontal lobe - ANSWER personality, mood, executive decision, motor, speech expressive
lang, reasoning, attention, planning, thinking
Temporal lobe functions - ANSWER Language comprehension, visual and spoken lang,
memory
parietal lobe function - ANSWER sensory perception and interpretation spatial
orientation, recognition, emotion, prosody
occipital - ANSWER vision, process information from retinas
afferent - ANSWER sensory, towards CNS
efferent - ANSWER motor, away from CNS/brain
Wernicke's area - ANSWER language comprehension
Broca's area - ANSWER Controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe,
usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
Which of the following is the thalamus' auditory center? - ANSWER Medial geniculate
body
What is the group of specialized cells called where cranial nerve VIII inputs into the
brainstem? - ANSWER CNC (cochlear nuclear complex)
, The vestibular portion of cranial nerve VIII inputs into the brainstem at the vestibular
nuclear complex (VNC), which consists of four nuclei on each side of the brainstem -
ANSWER True
Which tract mediates the vestibulocollic reflex? - ANSWER Medial vestibulospinal tracts
Which type of aphasia is characterized by patients being echolalic (i.e., repeating what
others say)? - ANSWER Transcortical sensory aphasia
Which structure is associated with the condition hyperacusis? - ANSWER Inferior
colliculus
The main organ of the vestibular system is the cochlea. - ANSWER False
Tonographic representation refers to the fact that the cochlea's basilar membrane is
arranged by tones and this representation is maintained throughout the central auditory
system. - ANSWER true
Julie is a 46-year-old college professor who has experienced tinnitus and a slow loss of
her hearing in her left ear over the past year and a half. Her neurologist ordered an MRI,
which revealed amass on the vestibular branch of her left cranial nerve VIII. Julie's
neurologist counseled her that it would be best to monitor the growth of the tumor, but
that a day might come when she might need to have it surgically removed.
What condition to you think Julie has? Why do you think this? - ANSWER She has a
vestibular schwannoma because the mass on the vestibular branch of cranial nerve VIII
is consistent with this disorder as well as Julie's symptoms.
Hyperkinectic dysarthria is usually due to damage to what structure? - ANSWER basal
ganglia
Which of the following motor systems is indirect in nature? - ANSWER Extrapyramidal
