A&P 2 Straighterline Final Comprehensive Test Paper Questions
with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The posterior portion of the outer fibrous layer of the eye is called the ____
Answer: sclera
Question 2: What portion of the eye supplies blood supply to the outer layers of the eye?
Answer: choroid (of the middle layer)
Question 3: True or false: the more numerous type of photoreceptors are rods
Answer: true
Question 4: What is the correct order of how light passes through the eye?
Answer: cornea, lens, vitreous fluid, retina
Question 5: 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.
Question 6: 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.
Question 7: True or False: All sensory information from the optic nerves cross at the optic chiasm
Answer: F
Question 8: The ________ is controlled by the trochlear nerve
Answer: Superior
oblique
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, Question 9: 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.
Question 10: 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
Question 11: 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
Question 12: Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the external ear?
Answer: The external acoustic meatus travels through the parietal
bone.
Question 13: Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the external ear?
Answer: The auricle funnels sound into the external acoustic
meatus.
Question 14: Which of the following statements is false regarding the middle ear?
Answer: The stapes receives vibrations from the cochlea.
Question 15: Which of the following statements is true regarding the inner ear?
Answer: The organ of Corti is responsible for the body's auditory sense.
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with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The posterior portion of the outer fibrous layer of the eye is called the ____
Answer: sclera
Question 2: What portion of the eye supplies blood supply to the outer layers of the eye?
Answer: choroid (of the middle layer)
Question 3: True or false: the more numerous type of photoreceptors are rods
Answer: true
Question 4: What is the correct order of how light passes through the eye?
Answer: cornea, lens, vitreous fluid, retina
Question 5: 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.
Question 6: 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.
Question 7: True or False: All sensory information from the optic nerves cross at the optic chiasm
Answer: F
Question 8: The ________ is controlled by the trochlear nerve
Answer: Superior
oblique
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, Question 9: 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.
Question 10: 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
Question 11: 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
Question 12: Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the external ear?
Answer: The external acoustic meatus travels through the parietal
bone.
Question 13: Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the external ear?
Answer: The auricle funnels sound into the external acoustic
meatus.
Question 14: Which of the following statements is false regarding the middle ear?
Answer: The stapes receives vibrations from the cochlea.
Question 15: Which of the following statements is true regarding the inner ear?
Answer: The organ of Corti is responsible for the body's auditory sense.
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