NBME 20 Answers : Block 4 : #5 = Immediately after a cerebral infarction, a ...

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Broca’s aphasia: expressive (motor aphasia) with agrammatism (pts aware that they don’t make sense) - area A Wernicke’s aphasia: receptive (sensory) aphasia with impaired comprehension (pts lack insight)

breis Why would B be incorrect? I realize Broca is "technically lower" but A seems too low to be causing weakness of the lower 2/3 of the face? Am I missing something? +

shaeking @breis B is incorrect because of the lower 2/3 of the face weakness. B isn't located on the motor cortex but in the premotor cortex, plus it isn't low enough for the lower two thirds of the face. https://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_06/a_06_cr/a_06_cr_mou/a_06_cr_mou.html https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/homunculus-reimagined +1

cienfuegos @breis, per UW: "a/w r. hemiparesis (face & UE) bc close to primary motor cortex" +

almondbreeze B is close to premotor cortex which is involved in learned or patterned skills & in planning movements. (i.e. two-hand coordination) slide 25/37 :https://www.slideserve.com/hal/the-motor-system-and-its-disorders +

almondbreeze B is also close to frontal eye field; eyes look toward the lesion FA pg. 499 +