The Human Body In Health And Illness 4th Edition By Barbara Herlihy – Test Bank

Chapter 11: Nervous System: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves

Test Bank

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.

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
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

10. Which of the following is most descriptive of the phrenic nerve?
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. An antibiotic-induced ototoxicity damages which nerve?
a. Cranial nerve X
b. Facial nerve
c. Vestibulocochlear nerve
d. Cranial nerve II

ANS: C