The Special Senses Exam Questions and Answers Solved Correctly
List the principal parts of the brain. - Answers
Name the functions of the cerebrospinal fluid. - Answers
List the principal functions of the major parts of the brain. - Answers
List the 12 cranial nerves and their functions. - Answers
Name the parts of the autonomic nervous system and describe how it functions. - Answers
Describe the basic anatomy of the sense organs and explain how they function. - Answers
Abducens nerve (VI) - Answers Controls movement of the eyeball
Accessory nerve (XI) - Answers Helps control swallowing and movements of the head
Aqueous humor - Answers Fluid in the anterior compartment of the eye located in front of the lens
Auditory or eustachian tube - Answers The ear canals located in the middle ear that equalize air pressure
preventing hearing distortion; eustachian tubes
Auricle - Answers External appendage of an atrium
Autonomic nervous system - Answers Conducts impulses from the brain and spinal cord to smooth
muscle tissue, cardiac muscle tissue, and glands
Brainstem - Answers One of the four major parts of the brain; it connects the brain to the spinal cord
Cerebellum - Answers Second largest portion of the brain concerned with coordinating skeletal muscle
movements and balance
Cerebral aqueduct/aqueduct of Sylvuis - Answers Connects the third and fourth ventricles of the brain;
also called aqueduct of Sylvius
Cerebral cortex - Answers Surface of the cerebrum
Cerebral hemispheres - Answers The right and left halves of the cerebrum
Cerebrum - Answers The bulk of the brain consisting of two cerebral hemispheres
Cerumen - Answers Earwax
Ceruminous glands - Answers Glands that produce earwax
Choroid - Answers The second layer of the wall of the eye containing blood vessels and pigment cells