A patient lights a match and then puts it in his mouth, rather than using it to light a cigarette, as he was asked to do. This sort of disorder of action is called an __________.
A) aphasia
B) agnosia
C) apraxia
D) abulia

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Apraxia is a disorder of action, where the patient is unable to perform specific motor tasks, even though the muscles and sensory inputs are intact. In this case, the patient was unable to execute the specific task of using the match to light a cigarette, indicating apraxia. Aphasia refers to the loss of language function, agnosia is a perceptual impairment, and abulia is a lack of ability to initiate action. None of these fully fit the given scenario.

A Patient Lights a Match and Then Puts It in His