A nurse is developing a plan of care for a client experiencing expressive aphasia. The nurse incorporates knowledge that the client most likely has sustained damage to which of the following?
A) The postcentral gyrus
B) Broca's area
C) Basal ganglia
D) The hippocampus
Ans: B
The frontal lobe also contains Broca's area, which controls the motor function of speech. Damage to Broca's area produces expressive aphasia, or difficulty with the motor movements of speech. The postcentral gyrus, immediately behind the central sulcus, contains the primary somatosensory area. The basal ganglia are involved with motor functions and are associated with the learning and programming of behaviors/activities that are repetitive and that, done over time, become automatic. The hippocampus is involved in storing information, especially the emotions attached to a memory.
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