MEDICAL SLP PRAXIS PRACTICE EXAM
2026 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
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Midbrain - ANS-Location: upper most part of brainstem
Function: houses substantial nigra (production of dopamine)
Pons - ANS-Location: middle portion of brainstem
Function: attachment between cerebellum ad rest of CNS
Medulla - ANS-Location: lower portion of brainstem, below pons
Functions: regulates respiration, heart rate + reflexes such as vomitting,
swallowing
Cerebellum - ANS-Location: hangs off back of brainstem, under occipital lobe
Functions: voluntary movements, balance, coordination, posture, attention
Basal Ganglia - ANS-Location: deep within cerebral hemispheres; telencephalon
Function: fine tune voluntary movements, motor coordination, posture
Spinal cord - ANS-Location: housed within bony vertebral column, PNS begins
here
Function: allows afferent impulses to transmit to brain + efferent from brain-body
Thalamus - ANS-Location: Top of brainstem; core of diencephalon
Function: relay center of sensory signals and motor
Hypothalamus - ANS-Location: below thalamus; posterior to optic chiasm
Function: homeostasis, regulates hunger/thirst, pain/pleasure, anger/agression
Hippocampus - ANS-Location: within inferior and medial section of temporal lobe
Function: responsible for new memories, emotions, and spatial navigation
Amygdala - ANS-Location: nuclei located within temporal lobe
Function: responsible for emotions, arousal, motivation
Heschl's gyrus - ANS-Location: brodmann area 41
Function: auditory processing/ sensory hearing area
, Angular gyrus - ANS-Location: Brodmann area 39
Function: involved in semantic processing, language and cognition
Broca's area - ANS-Location: Brodmann 44
Function: motor speech area, speech production
Wernicke's area - ANS-Location: Brodmann 22
Function: language comprehension, processing
Primary visual cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 17
Function: visual processing
Primary sensory cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 1, 2, 3
Function: somatic sensations
Primary motor cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 4
Function: planning + execution of movements
Frontal Lobe - ANS-Language production, cognitive functions, and voluntary
movements
- primary motor areas, controls executive functions + motor
- Broca's area, memory, attention motivation =
Parietal Lobe - ANS-Sensation, taste, touch, and hearing
- sensory motor area: spatial reasoning, math, reading, hearing, smelling, taste,
touch
Temporal Lobe - ANS-Language comprehension and memory
- Auditory processing and comprehension: Wernickes area, memory
Occipital Lobe - ANS-Vision and visual processing
- receives visual cues from opposite visual field, color identification
Brainstem function - ANS-breathing, temperature, heart rate
Cerebellum function - ANS-Balance and coordination
Left hemisphere function - ANS-language dominant
- damage = aphasia
Right hemisphere function - ANS-supporting language hemisphere
- damage = higher-order language and perceptual damage
Circle of Willis - ANS-connect the internal carotid and vertebral/basilar system
Anterior Cerebral Artery - ANS-Extends upwards and forward from internal carotid
2026 UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+ (BRAND NEW VISION)
Midbrain - ANS-Location: upper most part of brainstem
Function: houses substantial nigra (production of dopamine)
Pons - ANS-Location: middle portion of brainstem
Function: attachment between cerebellum ad rest of CNS
Medulla - ANS-Location: lower portion of brainstem, below pons
Functions: regulates respiration, heart rate + reflexes such as vomitting,
swallowing
Cerebellum - ANS-Location: hangs off back of brainstem, under occipital lobe
Functions: voluntary movements, balance, coordination, posture, attention
Basal Ganglia - ANS-Location: deep within cerebral hemispheres; telencephalon
Function: fine tune voluntary movements, motor coordination, posture
Spinal cord - ANS-Location: housed within bony vertebral column, PNS begins
here
Function: allows afferent impulses to transmit to brain + efferent from brain-body
Thalamus - ANS-Location: Top of brainstem; core of diencephalon
Function: relay center of sensory signals and motor
Hypothalamus - ANS-Location: below thalamus; posterior to optic chiasm
Function: homeostasis, regulates hunger/thirst, pain/pleasure, anger/agression
Hippocampus - ANS-Location: within inferior and medial section of temporal lobe
Function: responsible for new memories, emotions, and spatial navigation
Amygdala - ANS-Location: nuclei located within temporal lobe
Function: responsible for emotions, arousal, motivation
Heschl's gyrus - ANS-Location: brodmann area 41
Function: auditory processing/ sensory hearing area
, Angular gyrus - ANS-Location: Brodmann area 39
Function: involved in semantic processing, language and cognition
Broca's area - ANS-Location: Brodmann 44
Function: motor speech area, speech production
Wernicke's area - ANS-Location: Brodmann 22
Function: language comprehension, processing
Primary visual cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 17
Function: visual processing
Primary sensory cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 1, 2, 3
Function: somatic sensations
Primary motor cortex - ANS-Location: Brodmann 4
Function: planning + execution of movements
Frontal Lobe - ANS-Language production, cognitive functions, and voluntary
movements
- primary motor areas, controls executive functions + motor
- Broca's area, memory, attention motivation =
Parietal Lobe - ANS-Sensation, taste, touch, and hearing
- sensory motor area: spatial reasoning, math, reading, hearing, smelling, taste,
touch
Temporal Lobe - ANS-Language comprehension and memory
- Auditory processing and comprehension: Wernickes area, memory
Occipital Lobe - ANS-Vision and visual processing
- receives visual cues from opposite visual field, color identification
Brainstem function - ANS-breathing, temperature, heart rate
Cerebellum function - ANS-Balance and coordination
Left hemisphere function - ANS-language dominant
- damage = aphasia
Right hemisphere function - ANS-supporting language hemisphere
- damage = higher-order language and perceptual damage
Circle of Willis - ANS-connect the internal carotid and vertebral/basilar system
Anterior Cerebral Artery - ANS-Extends upwards and forward from internal carotid
