RECEPTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE APHASIA

Updated 1/25

Dear nurses,

Assessment in the Clinical Setting is no longer available.

Receptive aphasia - In the image above, Alice had
a stroke which involved Wernicke's area. She has 
difficulty understanding when spoken to.Wernicke's
area is responsible for speech comprehension.

Expressive aphasia - Martha had a stroke that
involved Broca's area. She knows what she
wishes to say, but has difficulty expressing
herself. She gets frustrated and cries a lot.
This is sometimes described as " confused",
is not the case

For additional updated information on this topic visit:

Stroke assessment and brain involvement

or watch the video:

Sessions 65 - Stroke or no Stroke

The largest of the cranial nerves, is the Trigeminal.
                 This nerve contains three branches:
                Opthalmic ( corneal blink reflex). 
                           Maxillary - which supplies the upper jaw

                   Mandibular - controls the lower jaw.

Cranial nerve 7 - is the facial nerve , this is

checked with the trigeminal nerve.

Learning for the layperson