Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is the major motor
tract?
a. | Cauda equina | b. | Spinocerebellar | c. | Pyramidal | d. | Spinothalamic |
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To achieve spinal anesthesia, a -caine drug
is injected into the
a. | lateral ventricle. | b. | central canal. | c. | subarachnoid
space. | d. | dorsal root
ganglia. |
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A hammer strikes the Achilles tendon to elicit
which stretch reflex?
a. | Babinski | b. | Baroreceptor | c. | Patellar tendon
| d. | Ankle jerk |
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The fifth cranial nerve, called the _____ nerve, is
a mixed nerve that detects sensations from the scalp, face, and teeth.
a. | Olfactory | b. | Facial | c. | Vestibulocochlear | d. | Trigeminal |
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The tenth cranial nerve, the _____ nerve,
“wanders” outside the head area and innervates the heart and gastrointestinal
systems.
a. | trigeminal | b. | vagus | c. | olfactory | d. | spinal
accessory |
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Which of the following is most descriptive of the
phrenic nerve?
a. | Concerned with the sensation of
smell | b. | Innervates the muscles of the
eyeball | c. | Motor nerve supplying the
diaphragm | d. | Sensory nerve concerned with
balance |
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Which of the following is least descriptive of the
olfactory nerve?
a. | Sensory | b. | Concerned with the sense of smell | c. | Cranial nerve I | d. | Moves the
tongue |
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8.
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An antibiotic-induced ototoxicity damages which
nerve?
a. | Cranial nerve X | b. | Facial nerve | c. | Vestibulocochlear
nerve | d. | Cranial nerve II |
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Ptosis of the eyelid and dilated and fixed pupils
reflect pressure on which nerve?
a. | Optic | b. | Vagus | c. | Oculomotor | d. | Facial |
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10.
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Damage to the common peroneal nerve
causes
a. | crutch palsy. | b. | deafness. | c. | footdrop. | d. | inability to
breathe. |
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The ulnar, radial, and median nerves supply
the
a. | forearm and hand. | b. | breathing muscles. | c. | jaw. | d. | hip and
thigh. |
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A spinal cord injury at the level of C2
causes
a. | hemiplegia and blindness. | b. | paraplegia and deafness. | c. | quadriplegia and
an inability to breathe. | d. | ptosis of the
eyelid and dilated and fixed pupils. |
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An intramuscular injection into the buttocks is
given in the upper outer quadrant in an attempt to avoid injuring which nerve?
a. | Common peroneal | b. | Phrenic | c. | Femoral | d. | Sciatic |
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The area of skin innervated by a spinal nerve is
called a
a. | plexus. | b. | tract. | c. | dermatome. | d. | gyrus. |
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A lumbar puncture is done by inserting a needle
into the
a. | dural sinus. | b. | central canal. | c. | arachnoid
villus. | d. | subarachnoid
space. |
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The Babinski reflex is elicited by
a. | shining light into the eyes. | b. | tapping the patellar tendon. | c. | tapping the Achilles tendon. | d. | stroking the sole of the foot. |
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Which word best describes the following:
spinothalamic, pyramidal, corticospinal?
a. | Meninges | b. | Plexuses | c. | Tracts | d. | Motor
tracts |
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The pyramidal tract
a. | originates in the pyramidal cells of the medulla
oblongata and carries information to the parietal lobe. | b. | is also called the corticospinal tract. | c. | is a sensory tract. | d. | is also called the
spinothalamic tract. |
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Which reflex is concerned with the regulation of
blood pressure?
a. | Achilles’ tendon | b. | Babinski | c. | Patellar
| d. | Baroreceptor |
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20.
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Damage to which cranial nerve cause
blindness?
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21.
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What cranial nerve is damaged by an ototoxic
drug?
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A “dilated and fixed” pupil is
indicative of pressure on which cranial nerve?
a. | Cranial nerve II | b. | Olfactory nerve | c. | Cranial nerve
III | d. | Vestibulocochlear |
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At which structure are spinal nerves grouped and
sorted?
a. | A ganglion | b. | A nucleus | c. | A
plexus | d. | The cauda equina |
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If the phrenic nerve were cut or severed, the
patient would not be able to
a. | walk. | b. | speak. | c. | breathe. | d. | swallow. |
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A person with _____ is most likely to require
eyedrops in order to moisten the cornea.
a. | Bell’s palsy | b. | anosmia | c. | a severed optic
nerve | d. | an impaired gag
reflex |
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A surgical patient is given a curare-like drug
intravenously, thereby blocking his NM receptors. You would expect this patient
to
a. | become jaundiced. | b. | bleed excessively during the postoperative period. | c. | require assistance breathing. | d. | have restraints on all four extremities to limit
movement. |
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The dermatome is most related to which of the
following?
a. | Cranial nerves | b. | Lumbar puncture | c. | Spinal nerve
distribution | d. | The autonomic
nervous system |
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28.
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Tic douloureux or trigeminal neuralgia is
characterized by
a. | intense facial pain. | b. | diminished vision. | c. | hearing
loss. | d. | hemiplegia. |
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Which group is incorrect?
a. | Cranial nerves: olfactory, optic,
oculomotor | b. | Spinal nerves:
phrenic, axillary, sciatic, vagus | c. | Plexuses:
cervical, brachial, lumbosacral | d. | States of
paralysis: paraplegia, quadriplegia, hemiplegia |
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Which group is incorrect?
a. | Cranial nerves: olfactory, optic, oculomotor,
vagus | b. | Plexuses: cervical, brachial, lumbosacral, cauda
equina | c. | States of paralysis: paraplegia, quadriplegia,
hemiplegia | d. | Nerves that affect
eye movement: oculomotor, abducens, trochlear |
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