Acquired Review

How would you describe a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?

• A permanent disruption in cerebral blood flow

• A type of hemorrhagic stroke

• A temporary disruption in cerebral blood flow with no permanent damage

• A synonym for an embolic event

In individuals with aphasia, where are the lesions typically located?

• In the right hemisphere (RH)

• In the left hemisphere (LH)

• In both hemispheres equally

• In the brainstem

A patient who speak and understand language but would misuse words and could not repeat words suffers?

• Broca's (expressive) aphasia

• Wernicke's (sensory) aphasia

• Conduction aphasia

• Mixed transcortical aphasia

Which aphasia has fluent speech, severely impaired repetition, spared auditory comprehension?

• Conduction Aphasia

• Transcortical Sensory Aphasia (TcSA)

• Anomic Aphasia

• Wernicke’s Aphasia

MCA supplies?

• Perisylvian area

• problems with speech (Apraxia of speech)

• speech and language problems

• frontal/parietal

Deficits in retrieving names of animals are primarily linked to which brain region?

• Anterior Temporal Pole

• Posterior Inferior Temporal-Occipital

• Anterior Inferior Temporal

• All three regions

Which of the following are common symptoms of Left Hemisphere Brain Damage (LHD)?

• Sequencing difficulty

• More Awareness of deficits

• Slow behavior

• Language/Speech problems (Semantics & Pragmatics /Prosody)

• Less awareness of deficits

Neglect may co-occur with anosognosia, a condition characterized by an individual's reduced awareness of their deficits.

• True

• False

What does the Sylvian fissure divide?

• frontal/temporal lobes, ends at parietal

• frontal/parietal

• frontal/occipital

• frontal/temporal lobes, ends at occipital

Which region of the brain is related to deficits in retrieving names of tools?

• Anterior Temporal Pole

• Posterior Inferior Temporal-Occipital

• Anterior Inferior Temporal

• All three regions