EEN/STROKE PART 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Name the area of the brain associated with higher thinking and voluntary
movement.Touch, temperature, and pain. Answer - Frontal lobe
Medulla oblongata What part of the brainstem regulates autonomic function
(respiratory rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure)? Answer - Medulla oblongata
What senses are controlled by the primary somatosensory cortex? Answer -
Touch, temperature, and pain
The occipital lobe is to vision as the ___________ lobe is to hearing Answer -
Temporal
Which cranial nerve controls the muscles in the neck and shoulders to
coordinate head turning and shoulder shrugging? Answer - XI. Spinal
Accessory
What cranial nerves may be affected in the patient who is having difficulty
swallowing? Answer - IX. Glossopharyngeal and X. Vagus
What cranial nerve has only sensory functions of hearing and balance? Answer
- VIII. Vestibulocochlear
, Which artery connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries and may
allow for collateral blood flow? Answer - Anterior communicating artery
Which cranial nerve controls most eye movements, pupillary response, and
eyelid lifting? Answer - III. Oculomotor
What area of the brain is supplied by the internal carotid arteries and their
branches, the anterior and middle cerebral arteries? Answer - Anterior
Which artery perfuses the area of the primary motor cortex responsible for
control of the legs, feet, and urinary bladder? Answer - Anterior cerebral
artery
What artery is divided into 4 segments and perfuses the frontal, parietal, and
temporal lobes of the brain? Answer - Middle cerebral artery
What area of the brain is supplied by the basilar and vertebral arteries and
their branches? Answer - Posterior
What area of the body is controlled by the portion of the primary motor cortex
on the top middle of the head? Answer - Lower extremities
Which cranial nerve would you expect to be damaged if the patient is
experiencing loss of taste and lack of saliva and tear production? Answer - VII.
Facial
Which ring of arteries forms a communicating network to connect the anterior
and posterior blood supply of the brain? Answer - Circle of Willis
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
Name the area of the brain associated with higher thinking and voluntary
movement.Touch, temperature, and pain. Answer - Frontal lobe
Medulla oblongata What part of the brainstem regulates autonomic function
(respiratory rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure)? Answer - Medulla oblongata
What senses are controlled by the primary somatosensory cortex? Answer -
Touch, temperature, and pain
The occipital lobe is to vision as the ___________ lobe is to hearing Answer -
Temporal
Which cranial nerve controls the muscles in the neck and shoulders to
coordinate head turning and shoulder shrugging? Answer - XI. Spinal
Accessory
What cranial nerves may be affected in the patient who is having difficulty
swallowing? Answer - IX. Glossopharyngeal and X. Vagus
What cranial nerve has only sensory functions of hearing and balance? Answer
- VIII. Vestibulocochlear
, Which artery connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries and may
allow for collateral blood flow? Answer - Anterior communicating artery
Which cranial nerve controls most eye movements, pupillary response, and
eyelid lifting? Answer - III. Oculomotor
What area of the brain is supplied by the internal carotid arteries and their
branches, the anterior and middle cerebral arteries? Answer - Anterior
Which artery perfuses the area of the primary motor cortex responsible for
control of the legs, feet, and urinary bladder? Answer - Anterior cerebral
artery
What artery is divided into 4 segments and perfuses the frontal, parietal, and
temporal lobes of the brain? Answer - Middle cerebral artery
What area of the brain is supplied by the basilar and vertebral arteries and
their branches? Answer - Posterior
What area of the body is controlled by the portion of the primary motor cortex
on the top middle of the head? Answer - Lower extremities
Which cranial nerve would you expect to be damaged if the patient is
experiencing loss of taste and lack of saliva and tear production? Answer - VII.
Facial
Which ring of arteries forms a communicating network to connect the anterior
and posterior blood supply of the brain? Answer - Circle of Willis
