Neuro 4: Apraxia,agnosia, Aphasia

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The inability to understand or recognize the significance of sensory stimuli, although the sensory pathways and the primary sensory cortex are intact.

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Agnosia

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A lesion to what would produce tactile agnosia?

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Parietal association cortex R or L

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Patient cannot correlate texture, shape, size and weight of an object

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Tactile agnosia (Parietal associate cortex)

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Inability to recognize objects by tactile stimulation (e.g. key, coin)

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Astereognosis

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A lesion to what would produce astereognosis?

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Superior parietal lobe

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Inability to identify writing in the hand (write a letter or # on the hand)

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Agraphognosia

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A lesion to what would produce agraphognosia?

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Superior parietal loe

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Inability to identify simulataneous stimulation when the right and left side of the body are touched at the same time

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(Tactile inattention or sensory neglect)

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A lesion to what would produce tactile inattention or sensory neglect?

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Superior parietal lobe (more prominent on the R)

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Loss of disease awareness

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Anosognosia

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A lesion to what would produce anosognosia?

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R parietal lobe lesiosn; more common in acute situations such as an infarct

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A patient having trouble completing the lower left hand corner of drawings may have this?

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Anosognosia or right parietal lobe lesion

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Inability to recognize objects that cannot be attributed to a defect of visual acuity or intellectual impairment

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Visual agnosia (usually inability to recognize small objects)

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A lesion to what would produce visual agnosia?

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Superior, lateral and inferior occipital lobe (visual association cortex) in dominant hemisphere

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Form of visual agnosia in which the patient is unable to convert visual symbols into either the spoken or written language although the motor mech for speaking and writing are intact

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Dyslexia

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A lesion to what would produce dyslexia?

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inferior parietal lobule, superior temporal region and occipital lobe of DOMINANT hemisphere

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A patient with unimpaired hearing fails to recognize or appreciate a meaning of perceived sound

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Auditory agnosia

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A lesion to what would produce auditory agnosia?

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Superior and middle temporal gyrus (Wernicke's area) in DOMINANT hemisphere

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The inability to perform a willed act even though the motor system and mental status are relatively intact. Generally associated with dominant hemisphere.

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Apraxia

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A lesion to what would produce dressing apraxia?

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Parietal or premotor hemisphere

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The inability to formulate the ideational plan for executing several components of a complex multistep act?

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Construction apraxia

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A lesion to what would produce construction apraxia?

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parietal or premotor hemisphere

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What disease may you see construction apraxia?

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Parietal or premotor hemisphere

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A lesion to what would produce facial apraxia?

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Parietal or premotor hemisphere

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Defect in language processing caused by brain lesions, not by mental deficits, disturbances in sense organs, or paralysis of muscles for speech.

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Aphasia

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Problem in the formulation of speech (articulated speech); expressive aphasia.

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Broca's aphasia or non-fluent aphasia or motor aphasia

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A lesion to what would produce Motor aphasia?

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Broca's area of dominant hemisphere

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Inability to express one's thoughts in writing (usually accompanies Broca's aphasia)

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Agraphia

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Form of auditory agnosia in which the patient fails to recognize or comprehend the meaning of known words

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Wernicke's aphasia, fluent aphasia, auditory aphasia, receptive aphasia

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A lesion to what would produce Fluent or auditory aphasia?

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Superior and middle temporal gyri of Wernicke's area

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Patient may have trouble pronouncing words

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Wernicke's aphasia

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Transection of the superior longitudnal fasciculus that interconnects Broca's and Wernicke's areas

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Conduction aphasia

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Good comprehension, fluent speech and poor repitition

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Conduction aphasia

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A lesion to what would produce global aphasia?

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Perisylvian area that contains both Broca and Wernicke areas

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Poor comprehension and non-fluent speech

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Global aphasia