SLP PRAXIS: Neuroanatomy Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
neurons - Correct answer-- Individual cells in the nervous system that receive,
integrate, and transmit information
- dendrites, axon, cell body
nerves - Correct answer-- axons bound together by connective tissue
- signal to & from muscles/ sensory organs
tracts - Correct answer-groups of neurons that travel the CNS
efferent neurons - Correct answer-- motor neurons
- brain sends signal down to the corticospinal or corticobulbar nerve to innervate a
muscle
afferent neurons - Correct answer-- sensory neurons
- nerve cells that carry impulses towards the central nervous system
pyramidal system - Correct answer-- the system responsible for controlling
voluntary motor movements (body and face muscles)
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, - originate in the cerebral cortex, carry fibers to the spinal cord and brain stem
extrapyramidial system - Correct answer-- the system responsible for controlling
involuntary motor movements (tone, balance, posture)
- originate in the brainstem, carry fibers to the spinal cord
upper motor neurons - Correct answer-- travel from brain to brain stem
lower motor neurons - Correct answer-axons leave the spine and innervate the
muscle
corticospinal tracts - Correct answer-- paths from the cerebral cortex to the spinal
cord
- supplies muscles of body
corticobulbar tracts - Correct answer-- paths from the cortical areas to the cranial
nerves
- supplies head and neck muscles
neuromotor pathways of a voluntary act - Correct answer-1. Desire to move
2. Association cortex
3. Basal Ganglia & Cerebellum
4. Thalamus
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Questions and Answers
neurons - Correct answer-- Individual cells in the nervous system that receive,
integrate, and transmit information
- dendrites, axon, cell body
nerves - Correct answer-- axons bound together by connective tissue
- signal to & from muscles/ sensory organs
tracts - Correct answer-groups of neurons that travel the CNS
efferent neurons - Correct answer-- motor neurons
- brain sends signal down to the corticospinal or corticobulbar nerve to innervate a
muscle
afferent neurons - Correct answer-- sensory neurons
- nerve cells that carry impulses towards the central nervous system
pyramidal system - Correct answer-- the system responsible for controlling
voluntary motor movements (body and face muscles)
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, - originate in the cerebral cortex, carry fibers to the spinal cord and brain stem
extrapyramidial system - Correct answer-- the system responsible for controlling
involuntary motor movements (tone, balance, posture)
- originate in the brainstem, carry fibers to the spinal cord
upper motor neurons - Correct answer-- travel from brain to brain stem
lower motor neurons - Correct answer-axons leave the spine and innervate the
muscle
corticospinal tracts - Correct answer-- paths from the cerebral cortex to the spinal
cord
- supplies muscles of body
corticobulbar tracts - Correct answer-- paths from the cortical areas to the cranial
nerves
- supplies head and neck muscles
neuromotor pathways of a voluntary act - Correct answer-1. Desire to move
2. Association cortex
3. Basal Ganglia & Cerebellum
4. Thalamus
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