SSEP Test Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
electrical responses of the nervous system to sensory stimuli and
are analyzed to assess the Integrity of portions of the nervous
system -
correct answer ✅somatosensory evoked potentials
SSEP's are recorded from both the Central and peripheral nervous
systems
True/False -
correct answer ✅True
somatosensory evoked potentials only record short latency evoked
potentials
True/False -
correct answer ✅True
short latency evoked potentials typically last less then 30
milliseconds and are resistant to changes in level of consciousness
(True/False) -
correct answer ✅true
,SSEP Test Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
list the pathway of the sensory system -
correct answer ✅external stimulus is sensed by the sensory
receptors which send the peripheral nerves to the spinal cord then
to the brainstem then to the primary cortex
what are the three types of peripheral nerves? -
correct answer ✅motor
sensory
mixed motor and sensory
sensory inputs enter the spinal cord via the posterior spinal roots
and then first order neurons at the posterior root ganglion -
what are the three types of sensory fibers? What is each
responsible for? -
correct answer ✅slowest conducting: pain and touch
medium slow conducting: touch and pressure
, SSEP Test Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
fastest conducting: vibration and position sense
pain sense -
correct answer ✅free nerve endings
touch sense -
correct answer ✅merkel's discs and meissner's corpuscles
vibration sense -
correct answer ✅pacinian corpuscles
respond when skin is stretched -
correct answer ✅ruffini's corpuscles
respond when muscles are stretched -
correct answer ✅neuromuscular spindles
respond when tendons are stretched -
correct answer ✅neurotendinous spindles
Answers (Grade A+)
electrical responses of the nervous system to sensory stimuli and
are analyzed to assess the Integrity of portions of the nervous
system -
correct answer ✅somatosensory evoked potentials
SSEP's are recorded from both the Central and peripheral nervous
systems
True/False -
correct answer ✅True
somatosensory evoked potentials only record short latency evoked
potentials
True/False -
correct answer ✅True
short latency evoked potentials typically last less then 30
milliseconds and are resistant to changes in level of consciousness
(True/False) -
correct answer ✅true
,SSEP Test Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
list the pathway of the sensory system -
correct answer ✅external stimulus is sensed by the sensory
receptors which send the peripheral nerves to the spinal cord then
to the brainstem then to the primary cortex
what are the three types of peripheral nerves? -
correct answer ✅motor
sensory
mixed motor and sensory
sensory inputs enter the spinal cord via the posterior spinal roots
and then first order neurons at the posterior root ganglion -
what are the three types of sensory fibers? What is each
responsible for? -
correct answer ✅slowest conducting: pain and touch
medium slow conducting: touch and pressure
, SSEP Test Review Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
fastest conducting: vibration and position sense
pain sense -
correct answer ✅free nerve endings
touch sense -
correct answer ✅merkel's discs and meissner's corpuscles
vibration sense -
correct answer ✅pacinian corpuscles
respond when skin is stretched -
correct answer ✅ruffini's corpuscles
respond when muscles are stretched -
correct answer ✅neuromuscular spindles
respond when tendons are stretched -
correct answer ✅neurotendinous spindles
