SLCC ANATOMY TEST #3 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What muscle does the median nerve not innervate at all in the anterior compartment of
the anti-brachium? - Answer-flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
What passes through the porthole in the third ventricle? - Answer-Interthalamic
adhesion
How does the cranial nerve that innervates intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue
leave the cranium? - Answer-Hypoglossal canal
What cell myelinates axons found in the Peripheral Nervous system? - Answer-
Neurolemmocytes, Schwann cells
What joins the spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk ganglia? - Answer-Rami
communicantes
If the ganglia containing the soma for the ganglionic neuron in the parasympathetic
nervous system is close to the target organ it is called what type of ganglia? - Answer-
Terminal ganglia
Where are the nuclei found for the cranial nerve that sends sensory impulses from the
anterior 2/3 of the tongue? - Answer-Pons
What are the valleys on the surface of the Cortex of the brain called? - Answer-Sulci
What joins the two anterior funiculi? - Answer-White commissure
What glial cells are key parts of the blood-brain-barrier? - Answer-Astrocytes
What structure in the midbrain has somatic motor axons from the primary motor cortex
passing through it on their way to the spinal cord? - Answer-Cerebral peduncles
What type of organelles are found in the soma and axon of neurons that allow the
neuron to have a high metabolic rate? - Answer-Mitochondria
What cranial nerve, name and number, innervates skeletal muscles located in the
lateral posterior areas of the neck? - Answer-CN XI Accessory Nerve
What nerve innervates the anconeus muscle? - Answer-Radial Nerve
What structure in the midbrain deals with hearing? - Answer-Inferior colliculi
AND ANSWERS
What muscle does the median nerve not innervate at all in the anterior compartment of
the anti-brachium? - Answer-flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
What passes through the porthole in the third ventricle? - Answer-Interthalamic
adhesion
How does the cranial nerve that innervates intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue
leave the cranium? - Answer-Hypoglossal canal
What cell myelinates axons found in the Peripheral Nervous system? - Answer-
Neurolemmocytes, Schwann cells
What joins the spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk ganglia? - Answer-Rami
communicantes
If the ganglia containing the soma for the ganglionic neuron in the parasympathetic
nervous system is close to the target organ it is called what type of ganglia? - Answer-
Terminal ganglia
Where are the nuclei found for the cranial nerve that sends sensory impulses from the
anterior 2/3 of the tongue? - Answer-Pons
What are the valleys on the surface of the Cortex of the brain called? - Answer-Sulci
What joins the two anterior funiculi? - Answer-White commissure
What glial cells are key parts of the blood-brain-barrier? - Answer-Astrocytes
What structure in the midbrain has somatic motor axons from the primary motor cortex
passing through it on their way to the spinal cord? - Answer-Cerebral peduncles
What type of organelles are found in the soma and axon of neurons that allow the
neuron to have a high metabolic rate? - Answer-Mitochondria
What cranial nerve, name and number, innervates skeletal muscles located in the
lateral posterior areas of the neck? - Answer-CN XI Accessory Nerve
What nerve innervates the anconeus muscle? - Answer-Radial Nerve
What structure in the midbrain deals with hearing? - Answer-Inferior colliculi
