Exam 1 Part 4

Question 1

What does spastic dysarthria sound like?

Answer 1

Talking through tight muscles, can be intelligible, very strained

Question 2

What are the top 3 etiologies of spastic dysarthria?

Answer 2

Stroke, TBI, degenerative disease

Question 3

Made up of the lower motor neuron system and PNS

Answer 3

Final common pathway

Question 4

What is the function of the final common pathway?

Answer 4

Stimulates muscle contraction and movement

Question 5

What are 4 types of things that happen if there is damage to the final common pathway?

Answer 5

Paresis, paralysis, atrophy, fasiculations

Question 6

Condition that happens if some motor neurons are okay after damage to the final common pathway

Answer 6

Paresis (weakness)

Question 7

Condition that happens if all input from LMN is gone

Answer 7

Paralysis

Question 8

Wasting, loss of muscle tissue

Answer 8

Atrophy

Question 9

Twitches of muscle caused by excess or spontaneous motor unit activity

Answer 9

Fasciculation

Question 10

What are the 3 areas of lesions in the FCP for flaccid dysarthria?

Answer 10

LMN, muscles, neuromuscular junction

Question 11

61% of flaccid dysarthria are due to what 2 things?

Answer 11

Surgical trauma, neuropathology’s of undetermined origin

Question 12

What surgery is a common cause of flaccid dysarthria?

Answer 12

Carotid endarterectomy

Question 13

What disease is common in damage to the neuromuscular junction?

Answer 13

Myasthenia gravis

Question 14

What cranial nerves are important for speech and language?

Answer 14

V, VII, IX, X, XI, XII

Question 15

What cranial nerves, if damaged, can cause flaccid dysarthria (5)?

Answer 15

V, VII, IX, X, XII