PORTAGE LEARNING A&P II: FINAL EXAM 2025
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A patient is having difficulty producing speech sounds, but other motor
movements are normal. Which area of the brain is most likely damaged?
Broca's area
Describe how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. Include a
specific brain region.
Memories are stored in various locations of the brain and recalled by the
limbic system.
Which statement is false concerning the brainstem?
The midbrain portion of the brainstem is continuous with the spinal cord.
Which of the following is true concerning the cerebellum?
The anterior lobe receives information from the body trunk.
Which of the following is most likely a symptom of ALS?
Impaired ability to swallow
Which of the following is true concerning a CVA?
A hemorrhagic stroke is due to a broken blood vessel.
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,A patient has decreased hand strength in her right hand. She also has
numbness in her first three digits. What is most likely the cause?
Carpal tunnel syndrome
What cranial nerve is highlighted in blue (also indicated by the arrow) in the
figure below?
Oculomotor
What type of nerve is the cranial nerve below and what does it control?
Motor: Shoulder movement
The maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve:
Receives sensory information from the upper lip and upper gums
This cranial nerve receives information from the retina.
B. (Optic)
This cranial nerve is responsible for the sensation of the digestive tract.
J (vagus)
This cranial nerve controls movement of the eye laterally.
C (occularmotor nerve)
This cranial nerve receives sensory information for hearing.
H (Auditory/vestibulocochlear)
This cranial nerve is responsible for voluntarily moving the tongue.
I (glossopharengeal)
The lumbar plexus is from spinal nerves:
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, T12-L04
A patient is on a ventilator post a car accident. What nerve is most likely
damaged?
Phrenic
A patient damaged the radial nerve. What action is most likely limited?
Wrist extension
A patient has decreased sensation over the posterior surface of the thigh.
What nerve is most likely damaged?
Sciatic
Which of the following is true concerning the lumbar plexus?
There are two divisions: anterior and posterior.
These contain the ganglia for the parasympathetic nervous system that
target the intrinsic eye muscles to change the diameter of the pupil.
Ciliary ganglion
Which of the following is false concerning the sympathetic nervous system?
It is also called the craniosacral division.
A patient comes into the ER following an accident. She is scared and
starting to hyperventilate. You talk with her in a calm, reassuring manner as
she receives medical care. You are trying to increase the activity in which
division of her nervous system? Explain your answer.
If she is scared and hyperventilating, the sypmathetic division of the
autonomic nervous system is likely activated. By trying to calm her down, I
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ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT SOLUTIONS | GUARANTEED
SUCCESS.
A patient is having difficulty producing speech sounds, but other motor
movements are normal. Which area of the brain is most likely damaged?
Broca's area
Describe how memories are stored and retrieved in the brain. Include a
specific brain region.
Memories are stored in various locations of the brain and recalled by the
limbic system.
Which statement is false concerning the brainstem?
The midbrain portion of the brainstem is continuous with the spinal cord.
Which of the following is true concerning the cerebellum?
The anterior lobe receives information from the body trunk.
Which of the following is most likely a symptom of ALS?
Impaired ability to swallow
Which of the following is true concerning a CVA?
A hemorrhagic stroke is due to a broken blood vessel.
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,A patient has decreased hand strength in her right hand. She also has
numbness in her first three digits. What is most likely the cause?
Carpal tunnel syndrome
What cranial nerve is highlighted in blue (also indicated by the arrow) in the
figure below?
Oculomotor
What type of nerve is the cranial nerve below and what does it control?
Motor: Shoulder movement
The maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve:
Receives sensory information from the upper lip and upper gums
This cranial nerve receives information from the retina.
B. (Optic)
This cranial nerve is responsible for the sensation of the digestive tract.
J (vagus)
This cranial nerve controls movement of the eye laterally.
C (occularmotor nerve)
This cranial nerve receives sensory information for hearing.
H (Auditory/vestibulocochlear)
This cranial nerve is responsible for voluntarily moving the tongue.
I (glossopharengeal)
The lumbar plexus is from spinal nerves:
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, T12-L04
A patient is on a ventilator post a car accident. What nerve is most likely
damaged?
Phrenic
A patient damaged the radial nerve. What action is most likely limited?
Wrist extension
A patient has decreased sensation over the posterior surface of the thigh.
What nerve is most likely damaged?
Sciatic
Which of the following is true concerning the lumbar plexus?
There are two divisions: anterior and posterior.
These contain the ganglia for the parasympathetic nervous system that
target the intrinsic eye muscles to change the diameter of the pupil.
Ciliary ganglion
Which of the following is false concerning the sympathetic nervous system?
It is also called the craniosacral division.
A patient comes into the ER following an accident. She is scared and
starting to hyperventilate. You talk with her in a calm, reassuring manner as
she receives medical care. You are trying to increase the activity in which
division of her nervous system? Explain your answer.
If she is scared and hyperventilating, the sypmathetic division of the
autonomic nervous system is likely activated. By trying to calm her down, I
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