Human Body in Health and Illness 6th Edition Herlihy Test Bank
Chapter 11: Nervous System: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is the major motor tract?
a. Cauda equina
b. Spinocerebellar
c. Pyramidal
d. Spinothalamic
ANS: C
2. Which of the following is the best description of a motor tract?
a. Spinothalamic tract
b. Ascending tract
c. Descending tract
d. Gray matter
ANS: C
3. 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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ANS: C
4. A hammer strikes the Achilles tendon to elicit which stretch reflex?
a. Babinski
b. Baroreceptor
c. Patellar tendon
d. Ankle jerk
ANS: D
5. 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
ANS: D
6. The tenth cranial nerve, the _____ nerve, “wanders” outside the head area and innervates the
heart and gastrointestinal systems.
a. trigeminal
b. vagus
c. olfactory
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d. spinal accessory
ANS: B
7. The oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens are cranial nerves that
a. innervate the extrinsic eye muscles (move the eyeball).
b. innervate the levator palpebrae superioris (lift the eyelid).
c. interpret sensory information from the optic nerve.
d. innervate the muscles of mastication.
ANS: A
8. Which of the following is not descriptive of the optic nerve?
a. Sensory
b. Cranial nerve
c. Move the eyeball
d. Vision
ANS: C
9. Which of the following is descriptive of cranial nerve VIII?
a. Motor nerve
b. Spinal nerve
c. Vestibulocochlear
d. Concerned with vision
ANS: C
NUdescriptive
10. Which of the following is most RSINGTof B.C
the OM nerve?
phrenic
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
ANS: C
11. 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
ANS: D
12. The somatic motor branch of the peripheral nervous system
a. exits the spinal cord through the dorsal root.
b. regulates heart rate.
c. is the afferent branch of the peripheral nervous system.
d. is an efferent branch of the peripheral nervous system.
ANS: D
13. Ptosis of the eyelid and dilated and fixed pupils reflect pressure on which nerve?
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Chapter 11: Nervous System: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition .
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is the major motor tract?
a. Cauda equina
b. Spinocerebellar
c. Pyramidal
d. Spinothalamic
ANS: C
2. Which of the following is the best description of a motor tract?
a. Spinothalamic tract
b. Ascending tract
c. Descending tract
d. Gray matter
ANS: C
3. 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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ANS: C
4. A hammer strikes the Achilles tendon to elicit which stretch reflex?
a. Babinski
b. Baroreceptor
c. Patellar tendon
d. Ankle jerk
ANS: D
5. 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
ANS: D
6. The tenth cranial nerve, the _____ nerve, “wanders” outside the head area and innervates the
heart and gastrointestinal systems.
a. trigeminal
b. vagus
c. olfactory
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d. spinal accessory
ANS: B
7. The oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens are cranial nerves that
a. innervate the extrinsic eye muscles (move the eyeball).
b. innervate the levator palpebrae superioris (lift the eyelid).
c. interpret sensory information from the optic nerve.
d. innervate the muscles of mastication.
ANS: A
8. Which of the following is not descriptive of the optic nerve?
a. Sensory
b. Cranial nerve
c. Move the eyeball
d. Vision
ANS: C
9. Which of the following is descriptive of cranial nerve VIII?
a. Motor nerve
b. Spinal nerve
c. Vestibulocochlear
d. Concerned with vision
ANS: C
NUdescriptive
10. Which of the following is most RSINGTof B.C
the OM nerve?
phrenic
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
ANS: C
11. 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
ANS: D
12. The somatic motor branch of the peripheral nervous system
a. exits the spinal cord through the dorsal root.
b. regulates heart rate.
c. is the afferent branch of the peripheral nervous system.
d. is an efferent branch of the peripheral nervous system.
ANS: D
13. Ptosis of the eyelid and dilated and fixed pupils reflect pressure on which nerve?
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