10 Questions
Which component of the speech motor system is responsible for innervating muscles involved in phonation, resonance, articulation, and prosody?
Final common pathway
What type of dysarthria is caused by damage to the final common pathway?
Flaccid dysarthria
Which subdivision of the direct activation pathway is responsible for influencing the cranial and spinal nerves?
Corticobulbar tract
What are the related designations of the direct activation pathway?
The pyramidal tract & Direct motor system
Which component of the speech motor system is responsible for speech planning and programming?
Indirect activation pathway
Which component of the speech motor system is responsible for speech breathing and prosody?
Direct activation pathway
What type of dysarthria is caused by damage to the final common pathway?
Flaccid dysarthria
What are the related designations of the final common pathway?
The LMN system
Which subdivision of the direct activation pathway is responsible for influencing the cranial and spinal nerves?
Corticospinal tract
Which component of the speech motor system is responsible for speech planning and programming?
Indirect activation pathway
Test your knowledge on the five components of the speech motor system with this quiz. Challenge yourself to identify the related designations, divisions, and functions of the final common pathway, direct activation pathway, indirect activation pathway, control circuits, and sensory system. Explore how damage to these components can result in different types of dysarthria.
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