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AAET registry exam Q&A Updated
Summer 2025 Questions and Correct
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When the synaptic vesicles are electrically stimulated by a nerve
impulse, synaptic vesicles gravitate to the outer membrane of the
presynaptic wall and release acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft.
The Ach molecules migrate to the postsynaptic cells where they
attach to the specific receptors. When enough neurotransmitters are
received by the receptors to overcome the firing threshold a CMAP
is generated causing muscle contraction. This describes
Ans: The events that occur in the Neuromuscular Junction
What happens to the neurotransmitters after they have attached
themselves to receptors and generated the muscles to contract?
Ans: They are chemically broken down by enzymes and recycled back to
the presynaptic terminals
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Maximal stimulation is appropriate for _______, while supramaximal
stimulation (not over stimulation) is necessary in ________recordings.
Ans: SNC, MNC
Martin Gruber Anastomosis is seen when there is a:
Ans: Crossover of median fibers to ulnar fibers in the forearm
Define Afferent nerves:
Ans: From the periphery to the cord
Important muscles innervated by the axillary nerve
Ans: the Deltoids
Important muscles in the upper arm that are innervated by the radial
nerve
Ans: The triceps
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Which nerve innervates the posterior thigh, leg muscles, planter foot
muscles and skin of the foot
Ans: The tibial nerve
Cell bodies of sensory neurons are housed in
Ans: The dorsal root ganglion
Which term means the specific region of skin belonging to a single
spinal root
Ans: A Dermatome
The nerve most likely to be injured in fractures of the medial
epicondyle is the:
Ans: Ulnar nerve
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After a time when a motor nerve to a muscle is sectioned the
muscles atrophy. If you notice that the thenar muscles are atrophied
which nerve is suspected of injury?
Ans: The median nerve
What is the name for the neurotransmitter found in the
neuromuscular junction
Ans: Acetylcholine
The needle examination requrires:
Ans: A relaxed and compliant patient
The common peroneal nerve bifucates and becomes the:
Ans: The deep Peroneal and superficial peroneal nerves
Muscle of the hypothenar eminace are innervated by the______
AAET registry exam Q&A Updated
Summer 2025 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
When the synaptic vesicles are electrically stimulated by a nerve
impulse, synaptic vesicles gravitate to the outer membrane of the
presynaptic wall and release acetylcholine into the synaptic cleft.
The Ach molecules migrate to the postsynaptic cells where they
attach to the specific receptors. When enough neurotransmitters are
received by the receptors to overcome the firing threshold a CMAP
is generated causing muscle contraction. This describes
Ans: The events that occur in the Neuromuscular Junction
What happens to the neurotransmitters after they have attached
themselves to receptors and generated the muscles to contract?
Ans: They are chemically broken down by enzymes and recycled back to
the presynaptic terminals
,2 | Page
Maximal stimulation is appropriate for _______, while supramaximal
stimulation (not over stimulation) is necessary in ________recordings.
Ans: SNC, MNC
Martin Gruber Anastomosis is seen when there is a:
Ans: Crossover of median fibers to ulnar fibers in the forearm
Define Afferent nerves:
Ans: From the periphery to the cord
Important muscles innervated by the axillary nerve
Ans: the Deltoids
Important muscles in the upper arm that are innervated by the radial
nerve
Ans: The triceps
,3 | Page
Which nerve innervates the posterior thigh, leg muscles, planter foot
muscles and skin of the foot
Ans: The tibial nerve
Cell bodies of sensory neurons are housed in
Ans: The dorsal root ganglion
Which term means the specific region of skin belonging to a single
spinal root
Ans: A Dermatome
The nerve most likely to be injured in fractures of the medial
epicondyle is the:
Ans: Ulnar nerve
, 4 | Page
After a time when a motor nerve to a muscle is sectioned the
muscles atrophy. If you notice that the thenar muscles are atrophied
which nerve is suspected of injury?
Ans: The median nerve
What is the name for the neurotransmitter found in the
neuromuscular junction
Ans: Acetylcholine
The needle examination requrires:
Ans: A relaxed and compliant patient
The common peroneal nerve bifucates and becomes the:
Ans: The deep Peroneal and superficial peroneal nerves
Muscle of the hypothenar eminace are innervated by the______
