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Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick dome-shaped muscle that separates the abdomen from the thorax is called the
sternocleidomastoid
levator costarum longis
pectoralis major
diaphragm
Which branch of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) innervates the cricothyroid muscle?
Superior laryngeal nerve
Lateral laryngeal nerve
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Pharyngeal branch
The primary muscle of the lips is
orbicularis oris
buccinator
risorius
levator labii superioris
The neurons that transmit information away from the brain are called
afferent neurons
efferent neurons
primary neurons
peripheral neurons
An important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus (which controls emotions) and the thalamus (which relays sensory impulses to various portions of the cerebral cortex) is called the
mesencephalon (midbrain)
diencephalon (division of forebrain)
superior cerebellar peduncle
postcentral gyrus
The corpus striatum is composed of 3 nuclear masses, which are the
globus pallidus, caudate nucleus, and putamen
putamen, caudate nucleus, and basal ganglia
supramarginal gyrus, angular gyrus, and putamen
substantia nigra, angular gyrus, and globus pallidus
The structure that regulates body posture, equilibrium, and coordinated fine motor movements is the
angular gyrus
corticospinal tract
circle of Willis
cerebellum
The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the
corpus callosum and basal ganglia
corpus striatum
caudate nucleus and globus pallidus
lateral surface of the cortex
The laryngopharynx and the oropharynx add resonance to sounds produced by the larynx. The nasopharynx adds noticeable resonance to which sounds?
k, g, t, d
r, l, y
f, sh, s
m, n, ng
These are composed of a ring of connective tissue and muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to the epiglottis. They separate the laryngeal vestibule from the pharynx and help preserve the airway.
ventricular folds
true vocal folds
lamina propria
aryepiglottic folds
The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and also innervates the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, and palatopharyngeus muscle is
cranial nerve X, the vagus nerve
cranial nerve V, the trigeminal nerve
cranial nerve XI, the spinal accessory nerve
cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
Muscles that contribute to the velopharyngeal closure through tensing or elevating the velum are
tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, and salpingopharyngeus
stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus, and levator veli palatini
levator veli palatini, genioglossus, and salpingopharyngeus
palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini, and levator veli palatini
The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that connects the tongue with the mandible is called the
dorsum
root
blade
lingual frenum
When a person is producing voiced and voiceless /th/, the muscle that is most involved is the
palatopharyngeus
sternocleidmastoid
genioglossus
styloglossus
Which muscles from the list below are the most involved in adducting (bringing together) the vocal folds?
lateral cricoarytenoids and transverse arytenoid
digastrics
cricothyroids
posterior cricoarytenoids
Cranial nerves are components of which nervous system?
Central nervous system
Autonomic nervous system
Somatic nervous system
Peripheral nervous system
These fibers connect regions of cerebral cortex within each hemisphere
projection fibers
association fibers
commissural fibers
none of the above
This cranial nerve innervates (unilateral innervation) all intrinsic muscles of the tongue and all but one extrinsic muscle of the tongue
CN XI (Accessory)
CN IX (Glossopharyngeal)
CN XII (Hypoglossal)
CN V (Trigeminal)
CN IX (Glossopharyngeal) is a motor nerve, sensory nerve, or both?
Motor nerve
Sensory nerve
both
What are Nonlinguistics?
Sounds not related to language (i.e. laughing)
Non-word communication (i.e. gestures)
What are Paralinguistics?
Sounds not related to language (i.e. laughing)
Non-word communication (i.e. gestures)
What is Articulation?
Change of phonation due to cavities/structures
Voice sounds from vocal folds (includes pitch and loudness)
Manipulation into district sounds/words using the articulators
Which aphasia is characterized by non fluent speech, lack of comprehension and inability to repeat words/phrases
global
brocas
werniekes
transcoritcal motor
What is Phonation?
Change of phonation due to cavities/structures
Voice sounds from vocal folds (includes pitch and loudness)
Manipulation into district sounds/words using the articulators
What is Resonation?
Change of phonation due to cavities/structures
Voice sounds from vocal folds (includes pitch and loudness)
Manipulation into district sounds/words using the articulators
Which aphasia is caused by damage to the upper division of the middle cerebral artery?
Wernicke's
Transcortical Sensory
Broca's
Transcortical Motor
Which aphasia is characterized by: impaired naming especially confrontational naming, non-fluent, effortful and halting speech, limited word output, agrammatical speech, misarticulated or distorted speech sounds, awareness of disorder/frustration, right sided paralysis or weakness
Global
Broca's
Conduction
Transcortical Mixed
Which aphasia is characterized by: absent or reduced spontaneous speech, non-fluent, paraphasic, agrammatical and telegraphic speech, echolalia and perseveration, awareness of grammaticality, refusal to repeat non-sense syllables, limited word fluency, attempts to initiate speech with vigorous physical movements, slow and difficult reading aloud, seriously impaired writing
Transcortical Motor
Transcortical Sensory
Broca's
Transcortical Mixed
Which aphasia is caused by damage to the anterior cerebral artery and the anterior branch of the MCA?
Conduction
Broca's
Wernicke's
Transcortical Motor
An expressive language error that is not the result of a motor deficit
agrammatic speech
paraphasia
logorrhea
anomia
Substitution of such general words as this, that, stuff and thing in place of more specific words
anomia
circumlocution
empty speech
semantic paraphasia
naming difficulty or word finding deficit with varying severity
logorrhea
agrammatic speech
anomia
paraphasia
Errors at the sound level, phonemes in the intended word may be substituted, omitted or transposed ("tup" for "cup")
neologistic paraphasia
agrammatic speech
semantic paraphasia
phonemic paraphasia
production of non specific words and "beating around the bush", often due to word finding issues
circumlocution
logorrhea
paraphasia
neologistic paraphasia
Substitution of one word for another - may be related (marker for pencil) or unrelated ( cup for pencil)
anomia
agrammatic speech
semantic paraphasia
empty speech
Non words a person creates, unintelligible, unrelated to the intended word and % or moreare meaningless (skeen for pencil)
paraphasia
neologistic paraphasia
semantic paraphasia
phonemic paraphasia
Excessive and inappropriate production of speech, often tangential and meaningless
circumlocution
paraphasia
anomia
logorrhea
Omission of grammatic features in speech, speech consists of content words (nouns, verbs, etc.) and lacks function words (articles, conjunction, prepositions, etc)
empty speech
circumlocution
agrammatic speech
paraphasia
Which aphasia is characterized by a lesions site that will vary or damage will be to multiple areas, insight that varies, reading that varies and writing that varies?
Broca's
Wernicke's
Global
Transcortical Motor
Which aphasia is characterized by damage anywhere within the language areas, generally aware of deficits, intact reading and writing?
Transcortical Sensory
Transcortical Mixed
Conduction
Broca's
Which aphasia is characterized by damage to the supramarginal gyrus of the parietal lobe (posterior to primary sensory cortex, just above Wernicke's area), awareness of deficits and reading and writing deficits are not applicable
Conduction
Broca's
Wernicke's
Global
Which aphasia is characterized by damage posterior to Wernicke's area at the temporo-occipital-parietal junction, generally impaired insight, reading and writing deficits vary but may have visual deficits
Transcortical Motor
Transcortical Sensory
Conduction
Wernicke's
The primary deficit for ataxic dysarthria is
rigidity and decreased ROM
incoordination
involuntary movements
spasticity
Where is the damage or lesions found in someone who has ataxic dysarthria
basal ganglia (dopamine depletion)
cerebellum
basal ganglia (excessive dopamine)
upper motor neuron
Where is the damage or lesion found for someone with hyperkinetic dysarthria
cerebellum
basal ganglia (excess dopamine)
basal ganglia (dopamine depletion)
bilateral upper motor neuron
What is the primary deficit in hyperkinetic dysarthria
rigidity and decreased ROM
spasticity
incoordination and spasticity
involuntary movements
What is the primary deficit of hypokinetic dysarthria
rigidity and decreased ROM
weakness
spasticity
involuntary movements
Where is the damage or lesion found in someone with hypokinetic dysarthria
basal ganglia (dopamine depletion)
basal ganglia (excess dopamine)
cerbellum
lower motor neuron
What is the primary deficit in someone with spastic dysarthria
weakness
spasticity
involuntary movements
incoordination
What is the primary deficit in someone with flaccid dysarthria
weakness
spasticity
incoordination
rigidity and decreased ROM
What is the primary deficit in someone with unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria
weakness, incoordination, spasticity
involuntary movements
incoordination
decreased ROM
Which dysarthria is characterized by short rushes of speech and fast and imprecise DDK's?
ataxic
spastic
hypokinetic
hyperkinetic
Which dysarthria is characterized by slow, slurred speech, irregular, incoordination, distorted vowels and prolonged phonemes?
ataxic
spastic
flaccis
unilateral upper motor neuron
Which dysarthria is characterized by involuntary movements at rest and during speech and voice stoppages?
flaccid
spastic
hyperkinetic
hypokinetic
Which dysarthria is characterized by hypernasality, and strained and strangled voice?
hyperkinetic
spastic
ataxic
flaccid
Which dysarthria is characterized by hypernasality, nasal emissions, slow and slurred DDK's and tongue fasiculations?
flaccid
ataxic
upper motor neuron
hyperkinetic
Which dysarthria is characterized by unilateral facial weakness, harsh voice and articulatory imprecision?
unilateral upper motor neuron
ataxic
hypokinetic
hyperkinetic
Where is the damage or lesion located in someone with unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria?
unilateral upper motor neuron
lower motor neuron
upper motor neuron
basal ganglia
Where is the damage or lesion located in someone with flaccid dysarthria?
cerebellum
basal ganglia (dopamine depletion)
lower motor neuron
bilateral upper motor neuron
Where is the damage or lesion located in someone with spastic dysarthria?
cerebellum
bilateral upper motor neuron
lower motor neuron
unilateral upper motor neuron
Which aphasia is characterized by
a lack of fluency and repetition but an ability to comprehend?
Transcortical mixed
Broca's
Conduction
Transcortical Sensory
Which aphasia is characterized by a lack of fluency and comprehension but intact repetition?
Broca's
Weirnecke's
Transcortical Mixed
Conduction
Which aphasia is characterized by intact fluency and comprehension but lacking repetition?
Conduction
Broca's
Transcortical Sensory
Transcortical Motor
Which aphasia is characterized by intact fluency and repetition but lacking comprehension?
Transcortical Motor
Transcortical Mixed
Transcortical Sensory
Conduction
Which aphasia is characterized by lack of fluency but intact comprehension and repetition?
Broca's
Wernicke's
Transcortical Motor
Conduction
Which aphasia is characterized by intact fluency but lacking comprehension and repetition?
Broca's
Wernicke's
Conduction
Transcortical Motor
Which aphasia is characterized by damage to the posterior inferior frontal lobe of the left hemisphere, awareness of condition, impaired writing and variable reading abilities?
The right answer
Conduction
Transcortical Motor
Broca's
Which aphasia is characterized by damage to the left posterior superior temporal gyrus, with impairment in insight, reading and writing?
Broca's
Conduction
Wernicke's
Transcortical Motor
Which aphasia is characterized by damage to the supplementary motor cortex area just anterior to Broca's area with generally impaired insight and writing?
Conduction
Transcortical Mixed
Transcortical Sensory
Transcortical Motor
