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PRAXIS SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+
Olfactory - (answer)Cranial nerve I, Sensory, Smell
Optic - (answer)Cranial nerve II, Sensory, Vision
Oculomotor - (answer)Cranial nerve III, Motor, Eye movement
Trochlear - (answer)Cranial nerve IV, Motor, Eye movement
Trigeminal - (answer)Cranial nerve V, Both, Face (Sensory), Jaw (Motor)
Abducens - (answer)Cranial nerve VI, Motor, Eye movement
Facial - (answer)Cranial nerve VII, Both, Tongue (Sensory) Face (Motor)
Acoustic or Vestibulocochlear - (answer)Cranial nerve VIII, Sensory, Hearing and
Balance
Glossopharyngeal - (answer)Cranial nerve IX, Both, Tongue and Pharynx
(sensory), Pharynx (motor)
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Vagus - (answer)Cranial nerve X, Both, Larynx, respiratory, cardiac and
gastrointestinal systems
Spinal Accessory - (answer)Cranial nerve XI, Motor, Shoulder, arm and throat
movement
Hypoglossal - (answer)Cranial nerve XII, Motor, Tongue movement
Internal Intercostals - (answer)Muscles of exhalation; 11 pairs; pull the ribs
downward to decrease the diameter of the thoracic cavity for exhalation
External Intercostals - (answer)Muscles of inhalation; 11 pairs; raise the ribs up
and out to increase the diameter of the thoracic cavity for inhalation
Thyroarytenoid - (answer)Primary muscle of the vocal folds
Transverse Arytenoids and Lateral Cricoarytenoids - (answer)Adducts the vocal
folds
Posterior Cricoarytenoids - (answer)Abducts the vocal folds
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - (answer)Branch of the Vagus nerve, innervates VFs
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Levator Veli Palatini - (answer)Elevates the velum
Tensor Veli Palatini - (answer)Tenses the velum and opens the Eustachian Tube.
This muscle is innervated by the Trigeminal nerve.
Midbrain - (answer)Part of the Brainstem. Connects the brainstem and the
cerebellum at the Substantia Nigra.
Medulla - (answer)Motor command pathway from cerebrum. Site of decussation.
Location of cranial nerve nuclei for CN VIII, IX, X, XI, XII.
Middle Cerebral Artery - (answer)Artery that supplies most of the speech
language centers of the brain.
Afferent - (answer)Sensory - carries information to the brain
Efferent - (answer)Motor - a nerve that carries information away from the brain
Diencephalon - (answer)Made up of the Thalamus and Hypothalamus; motor and
sensory integration
Corpus Striatum - (answer)Globus Pallidus, Putamen, Caudate Neucleus; these
three nuclei are part of the basal ganglia
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Substantia Nigra - (answer)Another nucleus near the basal ganglia; part of the
extrapyramidal system. Located in the upper portions of the midbrain, below the
thalamus. Regulates and modifies cortically initiated motor movements. One part
uses dopamine neurons to send signals up to the striatum. Parkinson's disease is
due to the death of dopamine neurons here.
Genioglossus - (answer)Major tongue muscle
Lingual Frenulum - (answer)Where the tongue attaches to the mandible
Four muscles of Velopharyngeal Closure - (answer)Levator Veli Palatini - elevates
soft palate
Tensor Veli Palatini - tenses soft palate
Palatoglossus - soft palate depression
Palatopharyngeus - helps propel the bolus
Aryepiglottic Folds - (answer)Ring of connective tissue above the larynx that
helps protect the airway
Orbicularis Oris - (answer)Primary Muscles of the Lips
Anterior Cerebral Artery - (answer)Artery that supplies the Basal Ganglia and
Corpus Callosum
PRAXIS SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADE A+
Olfactory - (answer)Cranial nerve I, Sensory, Smell
Optic - (answer)Cranial nerve II, Sensory, Vision
Oculomotor - (answer)Cranial nerve III, Motor, Eye movement
Trochlear - (answer)Cranial nerve IV, Motor, Eye movement
Trigeminal - (answer)Cranial nerve V, Both, Face (Sensory), Jaw (Motor)
Abducens - (answer)Cranial nerve VI, Motor, Eye movement
Facial - (answer)Cranial nerve VII, Both, Tongue (Sensory) Face (Motor)
Acoustic or Vestibulocochlear - (answer)Cranial nerve VIII, Sensory, Hearing and
Balance
Glossopharyngeal - (answer)Cranial nerve IX, Both, Tongue and Pharynx
(sensory), Pharynx (motor)
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Vagus - (answer)Cranial nerve X, Both, Larynx, respiratory, cardiac and
gastrointestinal systems
Spinal Accessory - (answer)Cranial nerve XI, Motor, Shoulder, arm and throat
movement
Hypoglossal - (answer)Cranial nerve XII, Motor, Tongue movement
Internal Intercostals - (answer)Muscles of exhalation; 11 pairs; pull the ribs
downward to decrease the diameter of the thoracic cavity for exhalation
External Intercostals - (answer)Muscles of inhalation; 11 pairs; raise the ribs up
and out to increase the diameter of the thoracic cavity for inhalation
Thyroarytenoid - (answer)Primary muscle of the vocal folds
Transverse Arytenoids and Lateral Cricoarytenoids - (answer)Adducts the vocal
folds
Posterior Cricoarytenoids - (answer)Abducts the vocal folds
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - (answer)Branch of the Vagus nerve, innervates VFs
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Levator Veli Palatini - (answer)Elevates the velum
Tensor Veli Palatini - (answer)Tenses the velum and opens the Eustachian Tube.
This muscle is innervated by the Trigeminal nerve.
Midbrain - (answer)Part of the Brainstem. Connects the brainstem and the
cerebellum at the Substantia Nigra.
Medulla - (answer)Motor command pathway from cerebrum. Site of decussation.
Location of cranial nerve nuclei for CN VIII, IX, X, XI, XII.
Middle Cerebral Artery - (answer)Artery that supplies most of the speech
language centers of the brain.
Afferent - (answer)Sensory - carries information to the brain
Efferent - (answer)Motor - a nerve that carries information away from the brain
Diencephalon - (answer)Made up of the Thalamus and Hypothalamus; motor and
sensory integration
Corpus Striatum - (answer)Globus Pallidus, Putamen, Caudate Neucleus; these
three nuclei are part of the basal ganglia
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Substantia Nigra - (answer)Another nucleus near the basal ganglia; part of the
extrapyramidal system. Located in the upper portions of the midbrain, below the
thalamus. Regulates and modifies cortically initiated motor movements. One part
uses dopamine neurons to send signals up to the striatum. Parkinson's disease is
due to the death of dopamine neurons here.
Genioglossus - (answer)Major tongue muscle
Lingual Frenulum - (answer)Where the tongue attaches to the mandible
Four muscles of Velopharyngeal Closure - (answer)Levator Veli Palatini - elevates
soft palate
Tensor Veli Palatini - tenses soft palate
Palatoglossus - soft palate depression
Palatopharyngeus - helps propel the bolus
Aryepiglottic Folds - (answer)Ring of connective tissue above the larynx that
helps protect the airway
Orbicularis Oris - (answer)Primary Muscles of the Lips
Anterior Cerebral Artery - (answer)Artery that supplies the Basal Ganglia and
Corpus Callosum
