14.3 Brain Stem ( 18min)

The brainstem allows for communication between the spinal cord and the  ; the brainstem has how many parts?

• abdominal organs, 2

• lungs, 3

• brain, 3

Ascending tracts of the spinal cord and into the brainstem are__but descending tracts are __in function.

• motor, sensory

• sensory, motor

Your patient has a stroke in the left cerebral hemisphere, as a result you would see facial paralysis in the __side of his/her face. This is due to the __or crossing of the pyramids.  

• left; bulging

• right; decussation

• both sides; percussion

Which cranial nerve provides:

-sensory to the heart?

-motor to the tongue?

-sensory to the ear?

• -Vagus X

  -Glossopharyngeal IX

  -Vagus X

• -Vagus X

  -Hypoglossal XII

  -Vestibulochlear VIII

• -Hypoglossal XII

  -Vestibulochlear VIII

  -Vagus X

• -Hypoglossal XII

  -Vagus X

  -Vestibulochlear VIII

Injury to the medulla may negatively affect the vital functions.

• True

• False

Which cranial nerve provides:

-sensory to the face?

-motor to chew?

-motor to smile?

• -facial VII

  -trigeminal V

  -facial VII

• -trigeminal V

  -trigeminal V

  -facial VII

• -facial VII

  -facial VII

  -trigeminal V

In the midbrain, where would your body reflex a loud sound___ vs.  clapping your hands__?

• superior colliculi; red nuclei

• superior colliculi; substania nigra

• inferior colliculi; substania nigra

• inferior colliculi; red nuclei

The RAS is activates all of the following smell, vision, touch, hearing.

• false

• true