SHS 310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Your nursing home client presents new articulatory problems. You also notice her pupils
wavering from side to side and she has some problems smoothly picking up her water
glass. What is most likely to have happened? - ANSWER Damage to the cerebellum.
How many cranial nerves serve speech and hearing functions? - ANSWER 7
Damage to the portion of the motor strip might impair walking or bladder function -
ANSWER medial
damage to the lateral portion of motor strip might impair - ANSWER mouth movements
Beginning:ending:: - ANSWER choroid plexus:arachnoid villi
The correct order from distal to proximal is: - ANSWER skull, dura mater, arachnoid
mater, pia mater, grey matter, white matter
The blood/brain barrier is maintained by - ANSWER Ependymal cells ; astrocytes
White matter is typically surrounded - ANSWER by grey matter, like houses in a
cul-de-sac
Damage to the substantia nigra can cause - ANSWER Parkinson's disease.
Broca's area is located in the - ANSWER posterior frontal lobe
The primary auditory cortex is in the - ANSWER temporal lobe.
In general, one hemisphere of the brain controls the side of the body. - ANSWER
contralateral
The corpus callosum and the internal capsule are both - ANSWER white matter tracts
corpus callosum connects - ANSWER the hemispheres.
In most people, the planum temporale is larger in - ANSWER the left hemisphere.
The major tract connecting Broca's and Wernicke's areas is the - ANSWER arcuate
fasciculus
Broca's area is important in - ANSWER producing and recognizing speech
recognizing speech
producing and recognizing gestures
, producing speech
Damage to the cerebellum can cause - ANSWER ataxia
The trigeminal nerve sends/receives information to/from the . - ANSWER both motor and
sensory
face
The MCA passes through the - ANSWER Sylvian fissure.
The most common type of neuron in the body is the - ANSWER multipolar
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are similar because they - ANSWER provide
myelination for axons
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are different because - ANSWER Schwann cells
provide only one node of myelin per nucleus.
makes it easier/more likely for a neuron to fire. - ANSWER EPSP
Speech breathing uses: - ANSWER Inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, expiratory
reserve volume
Increasing the loudness of your voice requires - ANSWER greater air flow.
The muscle fibers of the diaphragm pull against the - ANSWER central tendon
central tendon located muscles - ANSWER medial
A party store employee sighs quietly as she loses her grip on another balloon that floats
up to get stuck on the ceiling. At the exact moment she begins aid her muscles of
expiration in reducing the size of her thoracic cavity. - ANSWER gravity and elasticity
The above creates in the thoracic cavity. - ANSWER positive pressure
When she breathes in again, the diaphragm - ANSWER contracts and moves down.
If the employee holds her breath when she has finished her inhale, pressure in the lungs
(alveolar) is - ANSWER equal to atmospheric pressure.
surrounds the lungs and ensures there is less friction when the lungs move within the
thoracic cavity. - ANSWER pleural lining
keeps the trunk in place and counterbalances the lifting and falling motions of
breathing. - ANSWER erector spinae group
Imelda and her friends just had dinner at Cornish Pasty Co. It was delicious but now
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
Your nursing home client presents new articulatory problems. You also notice her pupils
wavering from side to side and she has some problems smoothly picking up her water
glass. What is most likely to have happened? - ANSWER Damage to the cerebellum.
How many cranial nerves serve speech and hearing functions? - ANSWER 7
Damage to the portion of the motor strip might impair walking or bladder function -
ANSWER medial
damage to the lateral portion of motor strip might impair - ANSWER mouth movements
Beginning:ending:: - ANSWER choroid plexus:arachnoid villi
The correct order from distal to proximal is: - ANSWER skull, dura mater, arachnoid
mater, pia mater, grey matter, white matter
The blood/brain barrier is maintained by - ANSWER Ependymal cells ; astrocytes
White matter is typically surrounded - ANSWER by grey matter, like houses in a
cul-de-sac
Damage to the substantia nigra can cause - ANSWER Parkinson's disease.
Broca's area is located in the - ANSWER posterior frontal lobe
The primary auditory cortex is in the - ANSWER temporal lobe.
In general, one hemisphere of the brain controls the side of the body. - ANSWER
contralateral
The corpus callosum and the internal capsule are both - ANSWER white matter tracts
corpus callosum connects - ANSWER the hemispheres.
In most people, the planum temporale is larger in - ANSWER the left hemisphere.
The major tract connecting Broca's and Wernicke's areas is the - ANSWER arcuate
fasciculus
Broca's area is important in - ANSWER producing and recognizing speech
recognizing speech
producing and recognizing gestures
, producing speech
Damage to the cerebellum can cause - ANSWER ataxia
The trigeminal nerve sends/receives information to/from the . - ANSWER both motor and
sensory
face
The MCA passes through the - ANSWER Sylvian fissure.
The most common type of neuron in the body is the - ANSWER multipolar
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are similar because they - ANSWER provide
myelination for axons
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are different because - ANSWER Schwann cells
provide only one node of myelin per nucleus.
makes it easier/more likely for a neuron to fire. - ANSWER EPSP
Speech breathing uses: - ANSWER Inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, expiratory
reserve volume
Increasing the loudness of your voice requires - ANSWER greater air flow.
The muscle fibers of the diaphragm pull against the - ANSWER central tendon
central tendon located muscles - ANSWER medial
A party store employee sighs quietly as she loses her grip on another balloon that floats
up to get stuck on the ceiling. At the exact moment she begins aid her muscles of
expiration in reducing the size of her thoracic cavity. - ANSWER gravity and elasticity
The above creates in the thoracic cavity. - ANSWER positive pressure
When she breathes in again, the diaphragm - ANSWER contracts and moves down.
If the employee holds her breath when she has finished her inhale, pressure in the lungs
(alveolar) is - ANSWER equal to atmospheric pressure.
surrounds the lungs and ensures there is less friction when the lungs move within the
thoracic cavity. - ANSWER pleural lining
keeps the trunk in place and counterbalances the lifting and falling motions of
breathing. - ANSWER erector spinae group
Imelda and her friends just had dinner at Cornish Pasty Co. It was delicious but now
