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Chapter 12-14 PNS Exam Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A network of spinal nerves
a)
roots
b)
plexus
c)
cauda equina
d)
CNS
2.

The large nerve that runs through your pelvis and into your leg

a)

brachial

b)

cervical

c)

optic

d)

sciatic

3.
The plexus that supplies nerves to the neck
a)
lumbar
b)
brachial
c)
cervical 
d)
cranial
4.

Points where the nerves emerge from the spine

a)

plexus

b)

roots

c)

caudal equina

5.
You have two types of nerves in your peripheral nervous system
a)
somatic and autonomic
b)
sensory and motor
c)
parasympathetic and sympathetic
d)
neurons and anti-neurons
6.
The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts
a)
Sympathetic
b)
Parasympathetic
c)
Autonomic
d)
Peripheral
7.
_____ neurons carry messages to the central nervous system
a)
Motor
b)
Inter
c)
Sensory
d)
Fun
8.
_____ neurons carry  messages away from the central nervous system.
a)
Motor
b)
Inter
c)
Sensory
d)
Flower
9.

Trochlear Nerve

a)

II

b)

IV

c)

V

d)

VIII

10.

Allows you to swallow your food, and taste sensation in the back 1/3 of the tongue

a)

Trigeminal

b)

Facial

c)

Glossopharyngeal

d)

Hypoglossal

11.

Numbed by the dentist when you're getting a cavity filled in the lower jaw

a)

Occulomotor

b)

Trigeminal

c)

Facial

d)

Glossopharyngeal

12.

Slows the heart rate

a)

Glossopharyngeal

b)

Vagus

c)

Accessory

d)

Hypoglossal

13.

Shrugs the shoulders

a)

Accessory

b)

Vestibulocochlear

c)

Abducens

d)

Trigeminal

14.

This cranial nerve controls Balance & Hearing

a)

Optic

b)

Trigeminal

c)

Vestibulocochlear

d)

Vagus

15.

Taste sensation on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and control of expressions

a)

facial

b)

trigeminal

c)

glossopharngeal

d)

hypoglossal

16.

Damage to this cranial nerve can result in Bell's Palsy

a)

Trigeminal

b)

Facial

c)

Olfactory

d)

Vagus

17.

Stimulates peristalsis

a)

Vagus

b)

Trochlear

c)

Abducens

d)

hypoglossal

18.

This cranial nerve controls sense of smell

a)

I

b)

II

c)

III

d)

IV

19.

What nerve is purely sensory and carries impulses for the sense of smell? try to remember this by thinking of a stinky factory putting out pollution

a)

Vagus

b)

Accessory

c)

Optic

d)

Olfactory

20.
What nerve has motor fibers to control tongue movements and send impulses from the tongue?
a)
Hypoglossal
b)
Glossopharyngeal
c)
Accessory
d)
Optic
21.

The sensory receptors of the eyes for evaluating different levels of light.

a)

Chemoreceptors

b)

Photoreceptors

c)

Mechanoreceptors

d)

Nocireceptors

22.
In skin, the sense of temperature is detected by _______________________.
a)
Thermoreceptors
b)
Chemoreceptors
c)
Nocireceptors
d)
Mechanoreceptors
23.

The sense of pain is detected by _______________________.

a)

Thermoreceptors

b)

Chemoreceptors

c)

Nocireceptors

d)

Mechanoreceptors

24.

PNS neurons can heal themselves, not perfectly, when damaged.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
In this picture, the red line represents a(n)
a)
motor neuron
b)
sensory neuron
c)
receptor
d)
interneuron
26.

In this picture, the blue line represents a(n)

a)

interneuron

b)

motor neuron

c)

sensory neuron

d)

effector

27.
A patient has an injury to the ventral root of his spinal nerve at the lumbar level of his spinal cord.  He will experience problems of
a)
sensory at the bowel and bladder
b)
motor at the legs and feet
c)
sensory at the legs and feet
d)
motor at the arms and diaphragm
28.
A Patient can feel pain but NOT MOVE chest and abdominal muscles.  He has damage to the______________ root of the spinal cord at the ______________ level of the spinal cord
a)
sensory, cervical
b)
sensory, thoracic
c)
motor, cervical
d)
motor, thoracic
29.
Network of nerves that supplies the upper limbs
a)
Brachial Plexus
b)
Cervical Plexus
c)
Sacral Plexus
d)
Lumbar Plexus
30.

Nerves that extend beyond the end of the spinal cord into the lower portion of the spinal column "horses tail"

a)

Cauda Equina

b)

Anterior Fissure

c)

Ventral Horn

d)

Sacral Plexus

31.

A cervical plexus nerve that controls the diaphragm.

a)

cranial nerve

b)

cervical nerve

c)

phrenic nerve

d)

axilllary nerve

32.

The spinal cord contains ____ pairs of spinal nerves that are all ____________ nerves, expect ____ that is specifically motor.

a)

31, mixed, C2

b)

31, mixed, C1

c)

12, sensory, C1

d)

12, motor, C2

33.

The head has ____ pairs of cranial nerves that primarily innervate areas ___________ the shoulders.

a)

31, above

b)

12, below

c)

31, below

d)

12, above

34.

The optic, oculomotor, trochlear, abducens are all cranial nerves controlling the ____________.

a)

throat

b)

nose

c)

ear

d)

eye

35.

Which the the following controls vision (sensory) of the eye.

a)

trochlear

b)

trigeminal

c)

optic

d)

occulomotor

36.
Sloths are?
a)
Mammals 
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptile
d)
Invertebrates