SLCC Anatomy Test #3 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What muscle does the median nerve not innervate at all in the anterior compartment of the anti-
brachium? - CORRECT ANSWER - flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
What passes through the porthole in the third ventricle? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Interthalamic adhesion
How does the cranial nerve that innervates intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue leave the
cranium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypoglossal canal
What cell myelinates axons found in the Peripheral Nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Neurolemmocytes, Schwann cells
What joins the spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk ganglia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rami communicantes
If the ganglia containing the soma for the ganglionic neuron in the parasympathetic nervous
system is close to the target organ it is called what type of ganglia? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Terminal ganglia
Where are the nuclei found for the cranial nerve that sends sensory impulses from the anterior
2/3 of the tongue? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pons
What are the valleys on the surface of the Cortex of the brain called? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sulci
What joins the two anterior funiculi? - CORRECT ANSWER - White commissure
, What glial cells are key parts of the blood-brain-barrier? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Astrocytes
What structure in the midbrain has somatic motor axons from the primary motor cortex passing
through it on their way to the spinal cord? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebral peduncles
What type of organelles are found in the soma and axon of neurons that allow the neuron to have
a high metabolic rate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mitochondria
What cranial nerve, name and number, innervates skeletal muscles located in the lateral posterior
areas of the neck? - CORRECT ANSWER - CN XI Accessory Nerve
What nerve innervates the anconeus muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Radial Nerve
What structure in the midbrain deals with hearing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inferior
colliculi
What does the Central Nervous System initiate a nerve impulse to that react to change the body's
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Effector
What true space related to the meninges is found in the spinal cord but not in the brain? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Epidural space
What cranial nerve, name and number, deals with balance? - CORRECT ANSWER - CN
VIII Vestibulocochlear nerve
What nerve innervates the extensor hallucis muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Deep
fibular nerve
What is the inferior end of the spinal cord called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Conus
medullaris
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What muscle does the median nerve not innervate at all in the anterior compartment of the anti-
brachium? - CORRECT ANSWER - flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
What passes through the porthole in the third ventricle? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Interthalamic adhesion
How does the cranial nerve that innervates intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue leave the
cranium? - CORRECT ANSWER - Hypoglossal canal
What cell myelinates axons found in the Peripheral Nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Neurolemmocytes, Schwann cells
What joins the spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk ganglia? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rami communicantes
If the ganglia containing the soma for the ganglionic neuron in the parasympathetic nervous
system is close to the target organ it is called what type of ganglia? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Terminal ganglia
Where are the nuclei found for the cranial nerve that sends sensory impulses from the anterior
2/3 of the tongue? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pons
What are the valleys on the surface of the Cortex of the brain called? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sulci
What joins the two anterior funiculi? - CORRECT ANSWER - White commissure
, What glial cells are key parts of the blood-brain-barrier? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Astrocytes
What structure in the midbrain has somatic motor axons from the primary motor cortex passing
through it on their way to the spinal cord? - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebral peduncles
What type of organelles are found in the soma and axon of neurons that allow the neuron to have
a high metabolic rate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Mitochondria
What cranial nerve, name and number, innervates skeletal muscles located in the lateral posterior
areas of the neck? - CORRECT ANSWER - CN XI Accessory Nerve
What nerve innervates the anconeus muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Radial Nerve
What structure in the midbrain deals with hearing? - CORRECT ANSWER - Inferior
colliculi
What does the Central Nervous System initiate a nerve impulse to that react to change the body's
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Effector
What true space related to the meninges is found in the spinal cord but not in the brain? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Epidural space
What cranial nerve, name and number, deals with balance? - CORRECT ANSWER - CN
VIII Vestibulocochlear nerve
What nerve innervates the extensor hallucis muscle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Deep
fibular nerve
What is the inferior end of the spinal cord called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Conus
medullaris
