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NPTE PTA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSCRANIAL NERVE I? TEST? - Answers -Olfactory
Have them block one nostril, smell, switch
What does the ulnar nerve innervate? - Answers -in the forearm- the flexor carpi ulnas,
medial 1/2 of flexor digitorum profundus
in the hand- the palmaris bravis muscle, the abductor digiti minimi, and the flexor digiti
minimi
What does the upper subscapular nerve innervate? - Answers -subscapularis
What does the lower sub scapular nerve innervate? - Answers -subscapularis, teres
major
What innervates deltoid and tires minor> - Answers -axillary n
What does the lumbar plexus innervate? - Answers -psoas minor and major, QL
What does the sciatic nerve innervate? - Answers -hamstring muscles, adductor
magnus, and most muscles in leg and foot
What does the sacral plexus innervate? - Answers -piriformis, gemelli, obturator
internees, quadratus femoris
What does the Left hemisphere do? - Answers -Language, math, logic. emotions,
sequenced movement
What does the right hemisphere do? - Answers -nonverbal processing, artistic, hand-
eye coordination, music
What does the frontal lobe do? - Answers -reasoning, planning, parts of speech,
movement, emotions, and problem solving
BROCAS
What does the parietal lobe do? - Answers -interprets sensory perception
interprets language, spatial and visual
What does the temporal lobe do? - Answers -auditory processing and olfaction
WERNICK's AREA: ability to understand speech
What does the occipital lobe do? - Answers -visual processing
Occlusion of Vertebral-Basilar Artery - Answers -locked in syndrome
, Occlusion of posterior cerebral artery causes... - Answers -thalamic pain syndrome and
cortical blindness
cranial nerve II? Test? - Answers -Optic nerve: reads from diagram from afar
Cranial nerve III? Test? - Answers -Oculomotor: upward, downward, inward gaze
(reaction to light)
Cranial Nerve IV: - Answers -Trochlear: inferior following of object with eyes (diplopia
too )
Cranial nerve V: - Answers -Trigeminal: Sharp or dull on face test (mandibular too )
Cranial Nerve VI: - Answers -Abducens: abduct eyes without head movement
Cranial Nerve VII: - Answers -Facial:sweet or salty on anterior tongue or motor inability
to mimic facial movements
Cranial nerve VIII: - Answers -Vestibulocochlear:
Sensory: ticking watch to ear
Balance/coordination
Cranial Nerve IX: - Answers -Glossopharangeal:
lack of gagging by gag reflex
distinguish objects by taste on posterior portion of tongue
Cranial Nerve X: - Answers -Vagus:
Gag reflex
Say AHHH
Cranial Nerve XI: - Answers -Accessory
Shrug shoulders against resistance from therapist
Cranial Nerve XII: - Answers -Hypoglossal
inability to fully protrude tongue
What does the dorsal scapula nerve from the Remi of the plexus innervate? - Answers -
Rhomboids and LS
What does the suprascapular nerve innervate? - Answers -supraspinatus and
infraspinatus
occlusion of middle cerebral artery - Answers -Loss of contralateral sensory modalities
on the face, arm, and leg, Wernicks, Brocas and global aphasia
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