Question: A fracture of the ethmoid bone could result in damage to which cranial nerve?

vagus

glossopharyngeal

accessory

olfactory

Answer: olfactory

Question: characterized by paralysis of facial muscles

Answer: Bell’s palsy is ________.

characterized by partial paralysis of diaphragm muscles

often caused by inflammation of the trigeminal nerve

characterized by paralysis of facial muscles

characterized by loss of vision

Question: they can help pinpoint the location of spinal injury

Answer: Dermatome maps are useful to clinicians because ________.

they show doctors how to avoid striking spinal nerves during surgery

they can help pinpoint the location of spinal injury

they outline the location of the numerous nerve plexus

they show the routes of motor nerves

Question: If the ventral root of a spinal nerve were cut, what would be the result in the tissue or region that nerve supplies?

a complete loss of sensation

a complete loss of voluntary movement

loss of neither sensation nor movement but only of autonomic control

a complete loss of sensation and movement

Answer: a complete loss of voluntary movement

Question: If someone spills very hot coffee (200°F) on their skin, they will likely perceive much pain. Which of the following receptor types is causing this sensation?

nociceptors

mechanoreceptors

chemoreceptors

thermoreceptors

Answer: nociceptors

Question: Mixed cranial nerves containing both motor and sensory fibers include all EXCEPT which of the following?

oculomotor

trigeminal

olfactory

facial

Answer: olfactory

Question: Problems in balance may follow trauma to which nerve?

accessory

trigeminal

vestibulocochlear

abducens

Answer: vestibulocochlear

Question: receptor, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron, effector

Answer:

Question: ulnar nerve

Answer: Striking the “funny bone” is actually stimulation of (or injury to) the ________.

sciatic nerve

ulnar nerve

median nerve

radial nerve

Question: Ganglia associated with afferent nerve fibers contain cell bodies of sensory neurons.

Answer: