SHS 310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
LATEST UPDATE
Your nursing home client presents new articulatory problems. You also notice her pupils
wavering from side to side and she has some problems smoothly picking up her water glass.
What is most likely to have happened? - (ANSWERS)Damage to the cerebellum.
How many cranial nerves serve speech and hearing functions? - (ANSWERS)7
Damage to the portion of the motor strip might impair walking or bladder function -
(ANSWERS)medial
Damage to the lateral portion of motor strip might impair - (ANSWERS)mouth movements
Beginning:ending:: - (ANSWERS)choroid plexus:arachnoid villi
The correct order from distal to proximal is: - (ANSWERS)skull, dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia
mater, grey matter, white matter
The blood/brain barrier is maintained by - (ANSWERS)Ependymal cells ; astrocytes
White matter is typically surrounded - (ANSWERS)by grey matter, like houses in a cul-de-sac
Damage to the substantia nigra can cause - (ANSWERS)Parkinson's disease.
Broca's area is located in the - (ANSWERS)posterior frontal lobe
The primary auditory cortex is in the - (ANSWERS)temporal lobe.
In general, one hemisphere of the brain controls the side of the body. - (ANSWERS)contralateral
The corpus callosum and the internal capsule are both - (ANSWERS)white matter tracts
Corpus callosum connects - (ANSWERS)the hemispheres.
In most people, the planum temporale is larger in - (ANSWERS)the left hemisphere.
The major tract connecting Broca's and Wernicke's areas is the - (ANSWERS)arcuate fasciculus
Broca's area is important in - (ANSWERS)producing and recognizing speech
Recognizing speech
Producing and recognizing gestures
Producing speech
, SHS 310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
LATEST UPDATE
Damage to the cerebellum can cause - (ANSWERS)ataxia
The trigeminal nerve sends/receives information to/from the . - (ANSWERS)both motor and
sensory
Face
The MCA passes through the - (ANSWERS)Sylvian fissure.
The most common type of neuron in the body is the - (ANSWERS)multipolar
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are similar because they - (ANSWERS)provide
myelination for axons
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are different because - (ANSWERS)Schwann cells
provide only one node of myelin per nucleus.
Makes it easier/more likely for a neuron to fire. - (ANSWERS)EPSP
Speech breathing uses: - (ANSWERS)Inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, expiratory
reserve volume
Increasing the loudness of your voice requires - (ANSWERS)greater air flow.
The muscle fibers of the diaphragm pull against the - (ANSWERS)central tendon
Central tendon located muscles - (ANSWERS)medial
A party store employee sighs quietly as she loses her grip on another balloon that floats up to
get stuck on the ceiling. At the exact moment she begins aid her muscles of expiration in
reducing the size of her thoracic cavity. - (ANSWERS)gravity and elasticity
The above creates in the thoracic cavity. - (ANSWERS)positive pressure
When she breathes in again, the diaphragm - (ANSWERS)contracts and moves down.
If the employee holds her breath when she has finished her inhale, pressure in the lungs
(alveolar) is - (ANSWERS)equal to atmospheric pressure.
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
LATEST UPDATE
Your nursing home client presents new articulatory problems. You also notice her pupils
wavering from side to side and she has some problems smoothly picking up her water glass.
What is most likely to have happened? - (ANSWERS)Damage to the cerebellum.
How many cranial nerves serve speech and hearing functions? - (ANSWERS)7
Damage to the portion of the motor strip might impair walking or bladder function -
(ANSWERS)medial
Damage to the lateral portion of motor strip might impair - (ANSWERS)mouth movements
Beginning:ending:: - (ANSWERS)choroid plexus:arachnoid villi
The correct order from distal to proximal is: - (ANSWERS)skull, dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia
mater, grey matter, white matter
The blood/brain barrier is maintained by - (ANSWERS)Ependymal cells ; astrocytes
White matter is typically surrounded - (ANSWERS)by grey matter, like houses in a cul-de-sac
Damage to the substantia nigra can cause - (ANSWERS)Parkinson's disease.
Broca's area is located in the - (ANSWERS)posterior frontal lobe
The primary auditory cortex is in the - (ANSWERS)temporal lobe.
In general, one hemisphere of the brain controls the side of the body. - (ANSWERS)contralateral
The corpus callosum and the internal capsule are both - (ANSWERS)white matter tracts
Corpus callosum connects - (ANSWERS)the hemispheres.
In most people, the planum temporale is larger in - (ANSWERS)the left hemisphere.
The major tract connecting Broca's and Wernicke's areas is the - (ANSWERS)arcuate fasciculus
Broca's area is important in - (ANSWERS)producing and recognizing speech
Recognizing speech
Producing and recognizing gestures
Producing speech
, SHS 310 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
LATEST UPDATE
Damage to the cerebellum can cause - (ANSWERS)ataxia
The trigeminal nerve sends/receives information to/from the . - (ANSWERS)both motor and
sensory
Face
The MCA passes through the - (ANSWERS)Sylvian fissure.
The most common type of neuron in the body is the - (ANSWERS)multipolar
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are similar because they - (ANSWERS)provide
myelination for axons
Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells are different because - (ANSWERS)Schwann cells
provide only one node of myelin per nucleus.
Makes it easier/more likely for a neuron to fire. - (ANSWERS)EPSP
Speech breathing uses: - (ANSWERS)Inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, expiratory
reserve volume
Increasing the loudness of your voice requires - (ANSWERS)greater air flow.
The muscle fibers of the diaphragm pull against the - (ANSWERS)central tendon
Central tendon located muscles - (ANSWERS)medial
A party store employee sighs quietly as she loses her grip on another balloon that floats up to
get stuck on the ceiling. At the exact moment she begins aid her muscles of expiration in
reducing the size of her thoracic cavity. - (ANSWERS)gravity and elasticity
The above creates in the thoracic cavity. - (ANSWERS)positive pressure
When she breathes in again, the diaphragm - (ANSWERS)contracts and moves down.
If the employee holds her breath when she has finished her inhale, pressure in the lungs
(alveolar) is - (ANSWERS)equal to atmospheric pressure.
