Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology for Communication Disorders
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of the structure and function of the nervous system as it pertains to communication and its associated disorders.
Emphasizing both neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, students will explore the organization of the central and peripheral nervous systems, neural pathways, and brain regions integral to speech, language, hearing, and swallowing. The course also covers neural mechanisms underlying typical and disordered communication processes, integrating current research and clinical applications to help students understand the impact of neurological conditions on communication abilities.
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Neurology for the Speech Language Pathologist 5th Edition by Wanda Webb
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Speech-Language Neurology
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Q1) Which of the following would be most useful for measuring electronic neuronal transmission in the brain?
A)EEG
B)MRI
C)PET
D)CT
Answer: A
Q2) Lesions in Wernicke's area cause a(n):
A)motor aphasia
B)sensory aphasia
C)agnosia
D)apraxia
Answer: B
Q3) A dysarthria is:
A)a disorder of cortical sensory recognition
B)a disorder of executing motor acts as a result of a brain lesion
C)a group of fibers connecting areas or centers of the brain
D)a neurologic speech disorder
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Organization of the Nervous System I
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Q1) Which of the following is a term for "the brain"?
A)encephalon
B)cranium
C)basal ganglion
D)cortex
Answer: A
Q2) The primary auditory cortex is found in:
A)the superior temporal gyrus
B)the inferior gyrus of the temporal lobe
C)Wernicke's area
D)the transverse gyrus of Heschl
Answer: D
Q3) What is the function of the choroid plexus?
A)cell regeneration after brain injury
B)manufacture cerebrospinal fluid
C)formation of new ependymal cells
D)macrophage activity after cell death
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Organization of the Nervous System II
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Q1) Wernicke's aphasia may result from damage to the:
A)right temporal lobe
B)supramarginal gyrus
C)primary motor cortex
D)inferior frontal lobe
E)visual association area
Answer: B
Q2) The parasympathetic nervous system:
A)innervates visceral structures of the head and body cavities
B)has a global distribution innervating visceral structures in the entire body
C)innervates visceral structures of the body wall
D)can raise blood pressure
E)has long postganglionic fibers
Answer: A
Q3) The neural tube closes after approximately 4 weeks of development.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Neuronal Function in the Nervous System
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Q1) The direction of a neural impulse travels from proximal to distal along the dendrites to the soma of neurons.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The relative amount of voltage in an electrical field is the definition of:
A)potential
B)irritability
C)resting potential
D)concentration gradient
Q3) __ results from an inability to transmit acetylcholine across the synapse to muscle fibers.
A)Myasthenia gravis
B)Parkinson's disease
C)Seizure
D)Muscular dystrophy
Q4) __ is an example of an anion.
A)Potassium
B)Chloride
C)Sodium
D)Calcium
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Chapter 5: Neurosensory Organization of Speech and Hearing
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Q1) The unimodal cortex includes all of the following areas except:
A)visual cortex
B)auditory cortex
C)association cortex
D)somatosensory cortex
E)A and C
Q2) A patient with a lesion in the right lateral spinothalamic tract would not be able to feel pain on the left side of the body.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Efferent innervation to the organ of Corti likely serves to:
A)increase the force of the vibratory stimuli
B)reduce the movement of the inner hair cells
C)inhibit the excitation of the spiral ganglion cells
D)help the inner hair cells respond to specific frequencies
Q4) Lesions in the ___ may result in visual agnosia.
A)peristriate cortex
B)"where" or dorsal stream pathway
C)"what" or ventral stream pathway
D)hippocampus only
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Chapter 6: Neuromotor Control of Speech
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Q1) The supplementary motor area has efferent projections to the: A)brainstem
B)prefrontal cortex
C)primary motor cortex
D)both B and C
Q2) A lesion in the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia would most likely result in:
A)inhibition of thalamic nuclei
B)inhibition of the cortex
C)excitation of globus palladus internal
D)excitation of the cortex
E)both A and B
Q3) An 18-year-old man is in an accident that results in a profound hearing loss.As would be expected,he does not lose his ability to speak.This example provides support for:
A)speech as an open-loop system
B)speech as a closed-loop system
C)feedforward control of speech
D)both A and B
E)both A and C
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Chapter 7: The Cranial Nerves
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Q1) The primary afferent nerve in the swallow response is the vagus.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Asking a patient to produce the phoneme /t/ is a good test of the strength of elevation of the tongue tip.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The __ has a primary role in chewing.
A)branchial motor component of the facial nerve
B)maxillary nerve of the trigeminal
C)mandibular nerve of the trigeminal
D)hypoglossal nerve
Q4) An examiner who brushes a patient's forehead with a cotton swab is testing the integrity of:
A)the branchial motor component of the facial nerve
B)the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve
C)the special sensory component of the facial nerve
D)the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve
E)the general sensory component of the facial nerve
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Chapter 8: Clinical Speech Syndromes of the Motor Systems
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Q1) Pain in the laryngeal area is a symptom of:
A)spasmodic dysphonia
B)dystonia
C)Huntington's chorea
D)athetosis
Q2) A patient with parkinsonism does not necessarily have Parkinson's disease.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Forced inspiration and breathiness characterize the phonation of patients diagnosed with:
A)organic voice tremor
B)tardive dyskinesia
C)Huntington's chorea
D)dystonia
Q4) A patient with an upper motor neuron dysarthria will experience an absence of reflexes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Pediatric Clinical Speech Syndromes: The Developing Brain
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Q1) A child with spastic cerebral palsy would exhibit:
A)an incoordination of upper and lower extremities
B)laborious,jerky,and slow movements
C)involuntary writhing movements
D)poor balance
Q2) Which muscles are involved in cases of childhood suprabulbar palsy?
A)trunk muscles
B)pharyngeal muscles
C)tongue muscles
D)neck muscles
E)both B and C
Q3) The asymmetric tonic neck reflex:
A)can be used to differentiate spastic and athetoid cerebral palsy
B)can be used to diagnose cerebral palsy
C)is one reflex that also stimulates oral reflexes
D)indicates abnormal motor development if present in infants older than 9 months
Q4) A child with cerebral palsy will usually exhibit symptoms characteristic of one syndrome of cerebral palsy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Central Language Mechanism and Learning
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Q1) Attentional control:
A)may be automatic in the case of novel stimuli
B)is the process of guiding or directing attention
C)may be broken into focused,sustained,selective,alternating,and divided
D)is a gating system that brings neural networks either "online" or "offline"
E)all of the above
Q2) The neocortex:
A)is relatively the same thickness over the entire brain
B)is the thickest at the sensory cortex
C)contains more neuroglia than neurons
D)is composed of five layers
Q3) Which of these cognitive functions would not be a concern of speech-language pathologists?
A)reasoning and problem solving
B)metacognition
C)memory
D)attention and information processing
E)All of these are of concern to speech-language pathologists.
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Chapter 11: Adult Disorders of Language
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Q1) ___ is the inability to comprehend the written word as a result of a cerebral lesion.
A)Alexia
B)Dyslexia
C)Agraphia
D)Apraxia
Q2) Which of the following is most likely to be a congenital condition?
A)an arteriovenous malformation
B)a cerebral aneurysm
C)a neoplasm
D)hemorrhage
Q3) The classification system for aphasia has resulted in confusion because:
A)many use personal preference,in spite of widespread agreement regarding aphasic symptoms
B)all classification schemes are based solely on the site of lesion,and ignore performance data
C)of personal needs by clinicians to name aphasias after themselves
D)many schemes are based on language performance,and these ignore the site of lesion
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Chapter 12: Pediatric Disorders of Language
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Q1) All of the following have been proposed to be contributing factors to attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder EXCEPT:
A)abnormalities in the caudate nucleus
B)abnormalities in the globus pallidus
C)decreased activity in the frontal lobe
D)early myelination of the frontal lobe
Q2) The recovery from an injury to the brain in childhood depends upon:
A)the location of the lesion
B)which hemisphere sustained injury
C)the critical period for the area in which the lesion occurred
D)Both A and C are true.
Q3) A cerebral injury to the language areas of the brain that occurs at the age of 3 in a normally developing child:
A)will result in right-hemisphere dominance of language
B)usually results in a permanent loss of function
C)will produce apraxic symptoms in the child
D)often results in normal or near-normal functioning over time
Q4) The most rapid growth of the brain is during the first year of life.
A)True
B)False
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