Acquired Disorders
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- ______ means "lacking oxygen"
- The ____ nervous system contains the brain and the spinal cord
- The right and left hemispheres of the brain are connected by the ____ callosum
- The ____ lobe of the brain is responsible for auditory skills and comprehension
- The _______ cranial nerve is responsible for the lingual muscles
- An ____ is a clot that is formed elsewhere and travels to the brain
- _____ aphasia is typically due to an anterior lesion on the brain and causes nonfluent output
- Patients with receptive aphasia are often called the "walking _____" because their motor skills are not typically affected.
- ____ sensory aphasia is similar to receptive aphasia, except patients can repeat better than their spontaneous output
- _____ is when a patient may get overly focused on a particular response and use it over and over again
- This type of dementia is diagnosed only by ruling out other causes while the patient is alive
- This type of dementia is caused by multiple small strokes
- This type of dementia is a subtype of frontotemporal dementia that results primarily in linguistic deficits
- A therapy approach where the clinician promotes conversation by agreeing with a patient's statement, even if invalid.
- A therapy approach that uses goal oriented, theory driven activities to maintain strengths and encourage socialization.
- Clinicians implement ___ by changing a patient's routine to help them meet a task that's currently causing problematic behavior.
- Clinicians should not ____ with their demented patient, even if what they are saying is untrue/inaccurate.
- Although also seen in normally aging brains, ________ and tangles are seen in higher proportions in Alzheimer's patients.
- _______ occurs when food or liquid travels passed the vocal folds and into the trachea.
- The phase when the bolus is moved towards the back of the oral cavity.
- The phase when the bolus moves from the pharynx towards the esophagus, and the airway closes.
- The phase when peristalsis begins and food is entered into the stomach.
- The _____ must be completed so you will not harm your patient, i.e. by giving them a food they are allergic to.
- A food consistency like applesauce or pudding.
- An instrumental assessment that allows the clinician to see the physiology of a patient's swallow through an x-ray and adding barium to the food.
- A therapy approach that requires the patient to strengthen the musculature involved in the swallow.
- Some patients may have trouble ______ their swallow; the reflexes just don't kick in.
- Dysphagia can lead to ______ due to the inability of the patient to eat enough food.
- The bedside or ____ exam allows the clinician to examine the structures and assess the patient's symptoms with different food consistencies
- An inability to get water into the system due to dysphagia can lead to ______.
- Getting hit in the head would cause the brain to _____.
- Accidentally running into a glass door may cause the brain to _____.
- After a coup injury, the brain experiences a secondary impact called the _____ injury.
- The _____ Coma Scale is a numerical approach that is used to describe the level of consciousness of TBI patients.
- A buildup of pressure inside the skull is known as _____ pressure.
- This type of imaging shows subtle changes in axons after a concussion.
- Repeated brain injuries can cause this degenerative disease.
- Growths/tangles of _____ in the brain may develop from TBIs.
- Making insights, self-monitoring, organizing thoughts, and recalling information are all examples of _____.
- This type of therapy approach for TBI has the best carryover to real life.
- When an individual does not perceive their own deficits, they have _____.
- An individual with RHD may have _____ deficits, meaning he or she does not select and prioritize information well.
- This type of memory is based on concepts and is commonly more stable.
- If an individual can recognize objects but not familiar faces, they have _____.
- The inability to perceive items on one side (unless cued) is called _____.
- A patient who "sounds flat" has impaired _____.
- An individual with RHD may use concrete expressions, rather than _____ _____.
- Inappropriate _____ occurs when a pronoun is said before the noun being discussed.
- When a patient gives tangential responses or does not engage in proper turn-taking, they have impaired _____.
- If a patient has adequate visual sensory abilities, yet cannot recognize objects or pictures, they have _____.
- They _____ nervous system sends sensory information from the rest of the body to the CNS and motor information from the CNS to the rest of the body
- The _____ nervous system controls smooth muscle of the viscera (internal organs) and glands
- In the peripheral nervous system, collections of neurons are called _____
- Motor, or ____, nerves carry information away from the central nervous system (for muscle control)
- The cerebellum is divided into two ______
- “The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.” We consider this ______ control
- Circle of _____ provides redundancy in the blood supply to the brain to protect the brain
- A _______ stroke occurs if there is bleeding in the brain
- Paraphasic _____ selection means putting the wrong sound in a word
- ______ aphasia affects both portions of the language center. Some call this aphasia, "severely mixed"
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