Neuroanatomy Exam Review Questions And
Correct Answers
Olfactory Nerve Characterized as: Afferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER
Function: smell
-Test: Identify odor
Optic Nerve Characterized as: Afferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER Function:
vision
-Test: Near/Far sighted Snellen Chart/Rosenbarum Chart
Oculomotor Nerve Characterized as: Efferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER
Function: pupil constriction
-Test: eye movement and pupil constriction
The Trochlear Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER Function:
Medial eye movement
-Test: Looking down and laterally (Superior Oblique Test)
The Trigeminal Nerve is a combination of Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and
test done? - ANSWER Function: Facial sensation and chewing
-Test: Face sensations and clenching teeth
The Abducens Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER Function:
Abducts eye
-Test: Lateral Rectus Test (look laterally)
The Facial Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
, Function: Taste, facial expressions
-Test: Smile, wrinkle forehead, whistle, check taste anterior 2/3 tongue
The Vestibulocochlear Nerve is Afferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
Function: Sensation of head in position relative to gravity and head movement, hearing.
-Test: Rinne, Weber, Nystagmus
The Glossopharyngeal Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test
done? - ANSWER Function: Taste, swallowing, salvation
-Test: Ask patient to swallow, check gag reflex, check tase on 1/3 posterior tongue
The Vagus Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
Function: Taste, swallowing, speech
-Test: Check symmetry of soft palate and uvula
ANS Accessory Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? -ANSWER
Function: Elevate shoulder and turns head. SCM and traps
-Test: Ask to shrug shoulders against resistance
Hypoglossal Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? -ANSWER Function:
Tongue movement
-Test: Ask patient to stick out tongue
Where is white matter located and what is its function? ANSWER Located: superficial
areas of the spinal cord and internal areas of the brain.
-Cognition and learning
Where is gray matter located and what is its function? ANSWER Located in the
cerebrum and cerebral cortex
-Sensory perception, muscle control, self-control, decision making, memory, data
Correct Answers
Olfactory Nerve Characterized as: Afferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER
Function: smell
-Test: Identify odor
Optic Nerve Characterized as: Afferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER Function:
vision
-Test: Near/Far sighted Snellen Chart/Rosenbarum Chart
Oculomotor Nerve Characterized as: Efferent Function and Test done? - ANSWER
Function: pupil constriction
-Test: eye movement and pupil constriction
The Trochlear Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER Function:
Medial eye movement
-Test: Looking down and laterally (Superior Oblique Test)
The Trigeminal Nerve is a combination of Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and
test done? - ANSWER Function: Facial sensation and chewing
-Test: Face sensations and clenching teeth
The Abducens Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER Function:
Abducts eye
-Test: Lateral Rectus Test (look laterally)
The Facial Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
, Function: Taste, facial expressions
-Test: Smile, wrinkle forehead, whistle, check taste anterior 2/3 tongue
The Vestibulocochlear Nerve is Afferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
Function: Sensation of head in position relative to gravity and head movement, hearing.
-Test: Rinne, Weber, Nystagmus
The Glossopharyngeal Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test
done? - ANSWER Function: Taste, swallowing, salvation
-Test: Ask patient to swallow, check gag reflex, check tase on 1/3 posterior tongue
The Vagus Nerve is Afferent and Efferent. What is its function and test done? - ANSWER
Function: Taste, swallowing, speech
-Test: Check symmetry of soft palate and uvula
ANS Accessory Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? -ANSWER
Function: Elevate shoulder and turns head. SCM and traps
-Test: Ask to shrug shoulders against resistance
Hypoglossal Nerve is Efferent. What is its function and test done? -ANSWER Function:
Tongue movement
-Test: Ask patient to stick out tongue
Where is white matter located and what is its function? ANSWER Located: superficial
areas of the spinal cord and internal areas of the brain.
-Cognition and learning
Where is gray matter located and what is its function? ANSWER Located in the
cerebrum and cerebral cortex
-Sensory perception, muscle control, self-control, decision making, memory, data
