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Intro to Aphasia
Neurological Communication Disorders in Adults
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Aphasia? | An acquired language disorder caused by brain damage, characterized by an impairment of language modalities: speaking, listening, reading, and writing |
| An acquired selective impairment of language modalities and functions resulting from a focal brain lesion in the language-dominant hemisphere that affects: | The person’s communicative and social functioning, quality of life, and the quality of life of his or her relatives and caregivers |
| Damage usually occurs to what side of the brain? | Left hemisphere |
| The left hemisphere peri-sylvian region is the: | "Zone of language” |
| The most common cause of aphasia is? | Stroke |
| View the various aphasia types as “___________.” | “Vascular syndromes.” |
| Vascular syndrome | A collection of symptoms associated with damage to various structures supplied by a specific artery, accounts for both the predictability and the variability seen. |
| The collection of symptoms reflects the area(s) of ________ tissue that is supplied by [a] particular ________ where blood flow is blocked or restricted | Dysfunctional, vessel |
| Arterial blood supply to the brain comes from two main sources, what are they? | The internal carotid and vertebral arteries |
| The vessels that branch off of the internal carotid include the? | Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and middle cerebral artery (MCA) |
| What regions does the ACA perfuse? | The anterior frontal lobe, corpus callosum, and medial surfaces of the frontal and parietal lobes |
| What regions does the MCA perfuse? | The basal ganglia, the posterior lateral portion of the frontal lobe, the insula, and lateral aspects of the parietal and temporal lobes |
| Aphasia most often results from occlusion of the _____ or rupture of one of its branches resulting in hemorrhage | MCA |
| What regions does the superior branch perfuse? | The anterior insula and left frontal cortex |
| What regions does the inferior branch perfuse? | The posterior insula, temporal cortex, and inferior parietal cortex |
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