56. Middle cerebral artery syndrome – symptoms and signs

  1. Contralateral hemiparesis, more pronounced in the arm then in the leg. (T/F?)
  2. Aphasia, if the dominant hemisphere is affected. (T/F?)
  3. Prosopagnosia, inability to recognize familiar faces, if the non-dominant cerebral hemisphere is affected. (T/F?)
  4. Ipsilateral homonymous hemianopsia. (T/F?)
  5. Conjugate eye deviation towards the side of the lesion. (T/F?)
  6. Contralateral central facial palsy (lower half of the face opposite to the brain lesion is affected). (T/F?)

  1. T
  2. T
  3. F
  4. F
  5. T
  6. T

50. Aphasia

  1. Wernicke’s aphasia is also called receptive aphasia. (T/F?)
  2. Wernicke’s aphasia  is characterized by fluent, but nonsensical, oral and written expression. (T/F?)
  3. Broca’s aphasia is expressive aphasia.(T/F?)
  4. Patients suffering from Broca’s aphasia characteristically exhibit so called “telegraphic speech”. (T/F?)
  5. Creation of neologisms is characteristic for Broca’s aphasia. (T/F?)
  6. Global aphasia impacts expressive and receptive language and reading, but not writing. (T/F?)

  1. T
  2. T
  3. T
  4. T
  5. F
  6. F