PTA Board Exam 2023 with 100% correct answer

What is expressive aphasia? Broca's Aphasia L Frontal Lobe Damage What is Agraphia? Loss of writing skills. Broca's area, L frontal lobe. What does damage to the Parietal Lobe result in? Impaired proprioception, kinesthesia. Primary sensory area. What is agnosia? Inability to recognize familiar objects. Parietal damage. What is asterognosis? The inability to tell what an object is by feel. Parietal damage. What is unilateral neglect? Pts don't recognize one side of their body and environment. Posterior Parietal Cortex damage. What is apraxia? Loss of the ability to execute skilled movements and gestures, despite having the desire and the physical ability to perform them. (want to, but can't) Posterior Parietal Cortex damage. What is receptive aphasia? Wernicke's area. Interpretation of speech is impaired, but not motor production. L temporal lobe. Damage to which lobe results in cortical blindness? Occipital Lobe Difficulty recognizing/identifying images is the result of damage to which lobe? Visual association are of the occipital lobe What type of hypokinesias are are results of Basal Ganglia damage? Akinesia Rigidity Resting Tremor What type of Hyperkinesias are the results of Basal Ganglia damage? Athetosis Choreas Hemiballismus What is Brown-Sequard syndrome? A hemisection lesion of the cord resulting in ipsilateral motor loss and contralateral loss of sensitivity to pain and temp. What is the sequence of blood flow through the heart? -Inferior and Superior Vena Cava -R Atrium -Tricuspid Valve -R Ventricle -Pulmonary Valve -Pulmonary Trunk/Arteries -Gas exchange in the Lungs -Pulmonary Veins -L Atrium -Bicuspid Valve -L Ventricle -Aortic Valve -Aorta and Systemic Arteries -Systemic Veins/Capillaries