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In the spine, there are  _______ cervical vertebrae.

The following dysarthria is caused by bilateral damage to the upper motor neuron, specifically to both the pyramidal and extrapyramidal neural muscles that serve the speech mechanism.

How can it be determined whether the poor breath support demonstrated by the patient with flaccid dysarthria is the result of weak respiration or poor laryngeal valving? 4 points

When addressing motor speech disorders, the clinician must address deficiencies in a hierarchy order. Which depicts the order that intervention should occur?

With Flaccid Dysarthria the weakness is noted only on the lower left quadrant of the face. True/ False

Unilateral mandibular branch lesions can cause the jaw to deviate to the weak side if the following cranial nerve is damaged.

The rigidity of hypertonia in patients with spastic dysarthria affects:  

The CNS is composed of ____.

Which area is functionally receives sensory information from skin and skeletal muscles and identifies part of body being stimulated – called spatial discrimination??

What returns a cell to resting membrane potential?