Portage Learning 2026 Exam
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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