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A&P 2 module 3 exam - portage
learning
2025-2026 Exam Test
Questions And
Verified Answers
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A patient has lost his sense of taste following a
TBI. What term should be documented should
to describe his loss of taste? - ANSWERAgeusia
A patient has lost his sense of smell following a
car accident. What term should be documented
should to describe his loss of smell? -
ANSWER-Anosmia
True or False: The tongue only contains
receptors that are chemoreceptors for taste. -
ANSWER-f
True of False The tongue contains nociceptors
and thermoreceptors in addition to
chemoreceptors. - ANSWER-t
Describe the steps in the olfactory pathway.
Begin in the nasal cavity and end in the
specific lobe of the brain. - ANSWER-
Chemicals dissolve in nasal mucosa
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Detected by olfactory receptors (bipolar cells)
Olfactory nerves, olfactory bulb, olfactory tract
Temporal lobe of the brain
A patient sustains an injury to the Organ of
Corti. What type of deafness does this patient
most likely have? Explain your answer. -
ANSWER-Nerve deafness
Occurs from damage to the nerve for the
auditory pathway. The Organ of Corti is part of
the nerve pathway (receptor cells).
True or false: The more numerous type of
photoreceptors are rods. - ANSWER-true A
patient is found to have blindness of the right
visual field of both eyes. What part of the
vision pathway was most likely damaged?
Explain your response. - ANSWER-C. Left LGN
A&P 2 module 3 exam - portage
learning
2025-2026 Exam Test
Questions And
Verified Answers
,2 | Page
A patient has lost his sense of taste following a
TBI. What term should be documented should
to describe his loss of taste? - ANSWERAgeusia
A patient has lost his sense of smell following a
car accident. What term should be documented
should to describe his loss of smell? -
ANSWER-Anosmia
True or False: The tongue only contains
receptors that are chemoreceptors for taste. -
ANSWER-f
True of False The tongue contains nociceptors
and thermoreceptors in addition to
chemoreceptors. - ANSWER-t
Describe the steps in the olfactory pathway.
Begin in the nasal cavity and end in the
specific lobe of the brain. - ANSWER-
Chemicals dissolve in nasal mucosa
, 3 | Page
Detected by olfactory receptors (bipolar cells)
Olfactory nerves, olfactory bulb, olfactory tract
Temporal lobe of the brain
A patient sustains an injury to the Organ of
Corti. What type of deafness does this patient
most likely have? Explain your answer. -
ANSWER-Nerve deafness
Occurs from damage to the nerve for the
auditory pathway. The Organ of Corti is part of
the nerve pathway (receptor cells).
True or false: The more numerous type of
photoreceptors are rods. - ANSWER-true A
patient is found to have blindness of the right
visual field of both eyes. What part of the
vision pathway was most likely damaged?
Explain your response. - ANSWER-C. Left LGN
