Exam Questions And Answers
/. What senses contain specialized receptor cells via specialized somatic and visceral
afferents? - Answer-✅smell & equilibrium ( a&c)
/.the posterior portion of the outer fibrous layer of the eye is called the ____ - Answer-
✅sclera
/.what portion of the eye supplies blood supply to the outer layers of the eye? - Answer-
✅choroid (of the middle layer)
/.true or false: the more numerous type of photoreceptors are rods - Answer-✅true
/.what is the correct order of how light passes through the eye? - Answer-✅cornea,
lens, vitreous fluid, retina
/.A patient had a CVA in the area indicated by the red x in the figure, below. What type
of blindness is the patient most likely to incur? Explain your reasoning. - Answer-
✅Bilateral left visual field blindness.
The right optic tract is damaged. All the sensory information from the left visual fields
travels together after the optic chiasm to the right side of the brain.
/.A patient has a brain tumor in the area indicated by the red x in the figure, below. What
type of blindness is the patient most likely to incur? Explain your reasoning. - Answer-
✅Left eye blindness because there is damage to the left optic nerve. Information from
the left visual field has not yet crossed at the optic chiasm. Both peripheral and nasal
fields of the left eye would be missing.
/.True or False: All sensory information from the optic nerves cross at the optic chiasm. -
Answer-✅F
/.The ________ is controlled by the trochlear nerve. - Answer-✅Superior oblique
/.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
straight ahead. What is most likely causing the vision problem? Explain your reasoning.
- Answer-✅The abducens nerve controls the lateral rectus. Damage to the lateral rectus
would cause there to be a muscle imbalance, and the medial rectus would pull the eye
medially when looking straight ahead, causing blurry vision.
/.Match the numbers (1-5) in the figure below with the correct terms (A-H).
, Note: not all terms will be used.
1- A: Scala Tympani
2- B: Facial Nerve
3- C: Tympanic Membrane
4- D: Cochlear duct
5- E: Organ of Corti - Answer-✅1- A: Scala Tympani
2- B: Facial Nerve
3- C: Tympanic Membrane
4- D: Cochlear duct
5- E: Organ of Corti
/.Match the numbers (1-5) in the figure below with the correct terms (A-H). - Answer-
✅1.) facial nerve
2.) malleus
3.) cochlea
4.)tympanic membrane
5.) incus
/.Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the external ear? - Answer-
✅The external acoustic meatus travels through the parietal bone.
/.Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the external ear? - Answer-
✅The auricle funnels sound into the external acoustic meatus.
/.Which of the following statements is false regarding the middle ear? - Answer-✅The
stapes receives vibrations from the cochlea.
/.Which of the following statements is true regarding the inner ear? - Answer-✅The
organ of Corti is responsible for the body's auditory sense.
/.Place the terms (A-H) in the correct order for the hearing pathway.
Note: not all terms will be used.
Funneled vibrations push against the eardrum which moves the ___1____.
The stapes pushes against the ___2__.
Movement of tiny hairs inside the ____3____causes neurons to send impulses through
a cranial nerve to the ____4__, located in the __5____ lobe.
1: A. Auditory cortex
2: B. Organ of Corti
3: C. Stereocilia
4: D. Cochlear duct
5: E. Ossicles
F. Facial
G. Temporal
H. Parietal - Answer-✅E. Ossicles
D. Cochlear duct