PORTAGE LEARNING ANATOMY &
PHYSIOLOGY 2: MODULE 3 EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
A patient has lost his sense of taste following a TBI. What
term should be documented should to describe his loss of
taste?
Ageusia
A patient has lost his sense of smell following a car
accident. What term should be documented should to
describe his loss of smell?
Anosmia
True or False: The tongue only contains receptors that are
chemoreceptors for taste.
f
True of False The tongue contains nociceptors and
thermoreceptors in addition to chemoreceptors.
t
Describe the steps in the olfactory pathway. Begin in the
nasal cavity and end in the specific lobe of the brain.
Chemicals dissolve in nasal mucosa
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.
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.
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.
C. Left LGN
All the sensory information from the right visual fields travels
together after
the optic chiasm to the left side of the brain.
A patient is found to have blindness in the right eye. What
part of the vision pathway
was most likely damaged? Explain your response.
D. Right optic nerve. The optic nerve provides vision so if the
blindness in the right
eye then the right optic would be impaired.
The ________ is controlled by the abducens nerve.
lateral rectus
Your elderly patient is discussing her vision problems. She
describes her vision as
blurry. Following a visual examination, her left eye deviates
medially when looking
PHYSIOLOGY 2: MODULE 3 EXAM
2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
A patient has lost his sense of taste following a TBI. What
term should be documented should to describe his loss of
taste?
Ageusia
A patient has lost his sense of smell following a car
accident. What term should be documented should to
describe his loss of smell?
Anosmia
True or False: The tongue only contains receptors that are
chemoreceptors for taste.
f
True of False The tongue contains nociceptors and
thermoreceptors in addition to chemoreceptors.
t
Describe the steps in the olfactory pathway. Begin in the
nasal cavity and end in the specific lobe of the brain.
Chemicals dissolve in nasal mucosa
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.
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.
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.
C. Left LGN
All the sensory information from the right visual fields travels
together after
the optic chiasm to the left side of the brain.
A patient is found to have blindness in the right eye. What
part of the vision pathway
was most likely damaged? Explain your response.
D. Right optic nerve. The optic nerve provides vision so if the
blindness in the right
eye then the right optic would be impaired.
The ________ is controlled by the abducens nerve.
lateral rectus
Your elderly patient is discussing her vision problems. She
describes her vision as
blurry. Following a visual examination, her left eye deviates
medially when looking
