Lack of Ability to Form or Understand Speech Is

question 147

Multiple Choice

Lack of ability to form or understand speech is:

• A) athetosis.
• B) aura.
• C) aphasia.
• D) dysphagia.

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Definitions:

Superior Colliculi

Superior Colliculi are structures in the midbrain involved in visual and auditory processing, as well as the coordination of eye and head movements.

Inferior Colliculi

Structures in the midbrain that serve as principal midbrain nuclei for the processing of auditory information.

Auditory

Relating to the sense of hearing or the system within the body that is responsible for processing sound.

Visual

Relating to seeing or to the sight, the sense by which the qualities of objects such as color, shape, and size are perceived.