Exam 1 Part 14

Question 1

Impairment in motor programming for speech but not for non-speech acts.

Answer 1

Apraxia

Question 2

What are the 2 etiologies of apraxia?

Answer 2

Acquired (adult), developmental (child)

Question 3

True or false: Verbal apraxia can occur with or without oral or buccofacial apraxia (non-speech)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the muscles like in apraxia?

Answer 4

Muscles are okay in relation to tone, strength, range, can do normal function for non-speech acts

Question 5

Apraxia is frequently a secondary diagnosis for what 2 conditions?

Answer 5

Dysarthria, aphasia

Question 6

Where is the location of damage for apraxia?

Answer 6

Cortex and subcortical structures (supplementary motor area/ premotor area)

Question 7

Area of the brain that receives input from Broca’s area, sends to motor strip

Answer 7

Premotor area

Question 8

Area of the brain that control & intitiation of volitional speech

Answer 8

Supplementary motor area

Question 9

What is the primary etiology of apraxia in adults?

Answer 9

CVA

Question 10

The lesion for apraxia is more common in the _____ hemisphere

Answer 10

Dominant

Question 11

Area of the brain in charge of facial reaction, motor refinement of speaking/writing;

Answer 11

Insula

Question 12

Area of the brain associated with the Broca’s and Wernicke’s area in apraxia of speech; helps us to sound out words

Answer 12

Supramarginal gyrus

Question 13

What are some sites of lesions for apraxia?

Answer 13

Premotor area, supplementary motor, supramarginal gyrus, primary sensory strip, insula

Question 14

What is the most common etiology of apraxia (site of lesion)?

Answer 14

Supplementary motor

Question 15

What type of aphasia can co-occur with apraxia?

Answer 15

Non-fluent (Broca’s)