Neuroanatomy Q - mike90

[ArchivalUser]

Which area of dominant hemisphere is damaged in a person who can not understanding of written and spoken language?
A) Borocas™s area
B) Wernickes™s area (area 22)
C) Angular guys (area 39)
D) Auditory area (41, 42)

[ArchivalUser]

angular gyrus not guys because it is conduction area correct me

[ArchivalUser]

C.

[ArchivalUser]

why not B?

as spoken understanding would be B, and kaplan said that written would be affected anywhere within the language pathways because it is complex.

[ArchivalUser]

Thanks for your reply and sorry for the typo (gyrus -->guys ) :-)

In my reading, lesions in the area 39 may result in alexia and agraphia (inabillity to read and write),
While damage the Wernicke's area results in auditory aphasia,
so I thought understanding the spoken language is controlled by Wernike's area. I was confused between the spoken and writen language

[ArchivalUser]

isnt it that wernickes is the sensory aphasia...and the person can speak well thru motor system but donot know what to speak...so his speech is not easy to understand for the other person.??

[ArchivalUser]

B) Wernickes™s area (area 22) should be the one.

[ArchivalUser]

wernickes or sensory aphasia they have problem to understand but they are fluent talking but their talk does not make sense,confabulation
brocka aphasia they understand very well but they can not talk because motor is affected