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This document contains questions and answers for the A&P 2 Module 3 exam from Portage Learning, covering topics related to the special senses including vision, hearing, taste, smell, and equilibrium. It includes multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, labeling exercises, anatomy terminology, and clinical application scenarios involving cranial nerves and sensory pathways. The material also reviews structures of the eye and ear, olfactory and gustatory pathways, and common sensory disorders such as anosmia, ageusia, and nerve deafness. The content is structured as a complete exam preparation resource with answer explanations included. Keywords Anatomy and Physiology special senses vision pathway optic chiasm hearing pathway Organ of Corti cranial nerves olfaction gustation taste buds photoreceptors rods and cones eye anatomy ear anatomy nerve deafness anosmia ageusia Portage Learning A&P 2 sensory receptors cochlear nerve abducens nerve trochlear nerve visual field defects olfactory pathway

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A&P 2 Module 3 Exam -
Portage Learning 2026 Exam
Questions and Answers |
Already Graded A+



What senses contain specialized receptor cells via specialized somatic

and visceral afferents? - ANSWER ✔✔smell & equilibrium ( a&c)


the posterior portion of the outer fibrous layer of the eye is called the

____ - ANSWER ✔✔sclera


what portion of the eye supplies blood supply to the outer layers of the

eye? - ANSWER ✔✔choroid (of the middle layer)

, true or false: the more numerous type of photoreceptors are rods -

ANSWER ✔✔true


what is the correct order of how light passes through the eye? -

ANSWER ✔✔cornea, lens, vitreous fluid, retina


A patient had a CVA in the area indicated by the red x in the figure,

below. What type of blindness is the patient most likely to incur? Explain

your reasoning. - ANSWER ✔✔Bilateral left visual field blindness.


The right optic tract is damaged. All the sensory information from the

left visual fields travels together after the optic chiasm to the right side

of the brain.


A patient has a brain tumor in the area indicated by the red x in the

figure, below. What type of blindness is the patient most likely to incur?

Explain your reasoning. - ANSWER ✔✔Left eye blindness because

there is damage to the left optic nerve. Information from the left visual

field has not yet crossed at the optic chiasm. Both peripheral and nasal

fields of the left eye would be missing.


True or False: All sensory information from the optic nerves cross at the

optic chiasm. - ANSWER ✔✔F

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