Answer 2024-2025
What senses contain specialized receptor cells via
specialized somatic and visceral afferents? - correct
answer ✅smell & equilibrium ( a&c)
the posterior portion of the outer fibrous layer of the eye
is called the ____ - correct answer ✅sclera
what portion of the eye supplies blood supply to the outer
layers of the eye? - correct answer ✅choroid (of the
middle layer)
true or false: the more numerous type of photoreceptors
are rods - correct answer ✅true
what is the correct order of how light passes through the
eye? - correct 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. - correct
answer ✅Bilateral left visual field blindness.
, A&P 2 module 3 exam Question and
Answer 2024-2025
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. -
correct 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. - correct answer ✅F
The ________ is controlled by the trochlear nerve. -
correct answer ✅Superior oblique
Your elderly patient is discussing her vision problems. She
describes her vision as blurry. Following a visual
examination, her left eye deviates medially when looking
straight ahead. What is most likely causing the vision
problem? Explain your reasoning. - correct answer
✅The abducens nerve controls the lateral rectus.