NEUROSCIENCE FOR SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY EXAM
1 LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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Dendrites (input site) - ANSWER-Branch-like structures that
receive information from axons of other neurons and delivers
them to the soma
pre-synaptic terminal (output site) - ANSWER-The end of an
axon is the place where the electrical signal (the action
potential) is converted into a chemical signal
(neurotransmitter release).
Mitochondria - ANSWER-Powerhouse of the cell, organelle
that is the site of ATP (energy) production
Golgi apparatus - ANSWER-A system of membranes that
modifies and packages proteins for export by the cell
Carl Wernicke - ANSWER-discovered a brain area responsible
for interpreting both written and spoken speech
- Wernicke's Area (Area 22)
coined the term "sensory aphasia"
,Ludwig Lichtheim - ANSWER-elaborated on Wernicke's ideas;
he created a simple model of the aphasic syndrome called
"the house model"
Norman Geschwind - ANSWER-Behavioral neurology,
identification, and diagnosis of lesions in areas associated
with language disorders
Noam Chomsky - ANSWER-Linguists who believed that
humans have an inborn or "native" propensity to develop
language (Universal Grammar)
Pierre Paul Broca - ANSWER-localized language areas from
two patients who had sustained language and motor speech
losses; postulated for the first time that the left hemisphere
contained the language center (Broca's Area 44/45 located in
the frontal lobe)
Structural Imaging Techniques - ANSWER-- Computerized
(axial) Tomography (CT)
- Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI)
- Angiography
, Computerized (axial) Tomography (CT) - ANSWER-A
neuroimaging technique that uses X-rays to build a three-
dimensional image of the brain.
Commonly used and relatively inexpensive
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - ANSWER-Neuroimaging
procedure in which hydrogen proteins of tissues are aligned
with the magnetic field; emits a signal that is recorded in 3
planes (image).
Angiography - ANSWER-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after
injection of contrast material
Functional Imaging Techniques - ANSWER-- Positron Emission
Tomography (PET)
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Electroencephalograph (EEG)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - ANSWER-a method of
brain imaging that assesses metabolic activity by using a
radioactive substance injected into the bloodstream;
gives a visual display of brain activity that detects where a
radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a
given task
1 LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|GRADED A+
Dendrites (input site) - ANSWER-Branch-like structures that
receive information from axons of other neurons and delivers
them to the soma
pre-synaptic terminal (output site) - ANSWER-The end of an
axon is the place where the electrical signal (the action
potential) is converted into a chemical signal
(neurotransmitter release).
Mitochondria - ANSWER-Powerhouse of the cell, organelle
that is the site of ATP (energy) production
Golgi apparatus - ANSWER-A system of membranes that
modifies and packages proteins for export by the cell
Carl Wernicke - ANSWER-discovered a brain area responsible
for interpreting both written and spoken speech
- Wernicke's Area (Area 22)
coined the term "sensory aphasia"
,Ludwig Lichtheim - ANSWER-elaborated on Wernicke's ideas;
he created a simple model of the aphasic syndrome called
"the house model"
Norman Geschwind - ANSWER-Behavioral neurology,
identification, and diagnosis of lesions in areas associated
with language disorders
Noam Chomsky - ANSWER-Linguists who believed that
humans have an inborn or "native" propensity to develop
language (Universal Grammar)
Pierre Paul Broca - ANSWER-localized language areas from
two patients who had sustained language and motor speech
losses; postulated for the first time that the left hemisphere
contained the language center (Broca's Area 44/45 located in
the frontal lobe)
Structural Imaging Techniques - ANSWER-- Computerized
(axial) Tomography (CT)
- Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI)
- Angiography
, Computerized (axial) Tomography (CT) - ANSWER-A
neuroimaging technique that uses X-rays to build a three-
dimensional image of the brain.
Commonly used and relatively inexpensive
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - ANSWER-Neuroimaging
procedure in which hydrogen proteins of tissues are aligned
with the magnetic field; emits a signal that is recorded in 3
planes (image).
Angiography - ANSWER-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after
injection of contrast material
Functional Imaging Techniques - ANSWER-- Positron Emission
Tomography (PET)
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Electroencephalograph (EEG)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - ANSWER-a method of
brain imaging that assesses metabolic activity by using a
radioactive substance injected into the bloodstream;
gives a visual display of brain activity that detects where a
radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a
given task
