SPLH 620 EVALUATION EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What are the characteristics of Anomic Aphasia? - ✔✔Pure naming deficit!!
1. Fluent speech
2. Good comprehension
3. Good repetition
Lesion: Nonlocalizing
✔✔The direct pathway of the basal ganglia involves three inhibitory connections. T/F -
✔✔F
✔✔Recruitment of motor units occurs from smallest to largest according to need. T/F -
✔✔T
✔✔Huntington's Disease is characterized by an excess of movement. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Which one of the following nerves provides motor control to the jaw for chewing
(mastication)?
A. CN V - Trigeminal
B. CN VI - Abducens
C. CN VII - Facial
D. CN VIII - Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔A
✔✔Which one of the following nerves is not involved in eye movements?
A. CN III - Troclear
B. CN VII - Facial
C. CN IV - Oculomotor
D. CN VI - Abducens - ✔✔B
✔✔Lower motor neurons (LMN) in the brainstem project to muscles on which side of the
head / face? - ✔✔ipsilateral
, ✔✔What cranial nerves receive(s) unilateral input from their upper motor neurons? -
✔✔CN XII - Hypoglossal
CN VII - Facial
✔✔What CN innervate visceral muscles? What CN innervate somatic muscles? - ✔✔V:
III, VII, IX, X
S: III, IV, VI, XII
✔✔What CN in the corticobulbar tract does the LMN give rise to? - ✔✔V, VII, IX, X, XII
(with contralateral connections for VII and XII)
✔✔Which CN are used for each of these motor tasks.
• Ocular muscle control
• Tongue movement
• Visceral Motor
• Facial Muscle
• Jaw movement - ✔✔1. III, IV, VI three eye muscles
2. XII
3. X
4. VII
5. V
✔✔Of the steps involved in speech production (Conceptualization, language planning,
motor planning, neuromotor action, sensory feedback) where are each of these areas
found in the brain? - ✔✔C: Located in various regions (prefrontal cortex)
LP: Starts in Broca's area
MP: Premotor cortex and supplementary cortex
ME: Spinal/bulbar motor pathways
SF: Various paths including auditory pathway, somatosensory pathway,
✔✔Why is blood supply crucial for nervous system health? - ✔✔- Provides O2 and
glucose
- Removes toxic metabolites
✔✔What is the function of the Arcuate fasciculus? - ✔✔Transfer phonological info in
order to have repetition
✔✔Where is the posterior language area and what is its function? - ✔✔It's located
posterior to Wernicke's area and it's function is speech comprehension (decoding
meaning of words)
✔✔What are the structures and functions involved in the phonological loop? - ✔✔1A.
Visual cortex processes written words
1B. Auditory cortex processes spoken words
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What are the characteristics of Anomic Aphasia? - ✔✔Pure naming deficit!!
1. Fluent speech
2. Good comprehension
3. Good repetition
Lesion: Nonlocalizing
✔✔The direct pathway of the basal ganglia involves three inhibitory connections. T/F -
✔✔F
✔✔Recruitment of motor units occurs from smallest to largest according to need. T/F -
✔✔T
✔✔Huntington's Disease is characterized by an excess of movement. T/F - ✔✔T
✔✔Which one of the following nerves provides motor control to the jaw for chewing
(mastication)?
A. CN V - Trigeminal
B. CN VI - Abducens
C. CN VII - Facial
D. CN VIII - Vestibulocochlear - ✔✔A
✔✔Which one of the following nerves is not involved in eye movements?
A. CN III - Troclear
B. CN VII - Facial
C. CN IV - Oculomotor
D. CN VI - Abducens - ✔✔B
✔✔Lower motor neurons (LMN) in the brainstem project to muscles on which side of the
head / face? - ✔✔ipsilateral
, ✔✔What cranial nerves receive(s) unilateral input from their upper motor neurons? -
✔✔CN XII - Hypoglossal
CN VII - Facial
✔✔What CN innervate visceral muscles? What CN innervate somatic muscles? - ✔✔V:
III, VII, IX, X
S: III, IV, VI, XII
✔✔What CN in the corticobulbar tract does the LMN give rise to? - ✔✔V, VII, IX, X, XII
(with contralateral connections for VII and XII)
✔✔Which CN are used for each of these motor tasks.
• Ocular muscle control
• Tongue movement
• Visceral Motor
• Facial Muscle
• Jaw movement - ✔✔1. III, IV, VI three eye muscles
2. XII
3. X
4. VII
5. V
✔✔Of the steps involved in speech production (Conceptualization, language planning,
motor planning, neuromotor action, sensory feedback) where are each of these areas
found in the brain? - ✔✔C: Located in various regions (prefrontal cortex)
LP: Starts in Broca's area
MP: Premotor cortex and supplementary cortex
ME: Spinal/bulbar motor pathways
SF: Various paths including auditory pathway, somatosensory pathway,
✔✔Why is blood supply crucial for nervous system health? - ✔✔- Provides O2 and
glucose
- Removes toxic metabolites
✔✔What is the function of the Arcuate fasciculus? - ✔✔Transfer phonological info in
order to have repetition
✔✔Where is the posterior language area and what is its function? - ✔✔It's located
posterior to Wernicke's area and it's function is speech comprehension (decoding
meaning of words)
✔✔What are the structures and functions involved in the phonological loop? - ✔✔1A.
Visual cortex processes written words
1B. Auditory cortex processes spoken words
