PRAXIS SLP study questions Set 1

Respirtation relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick dome-shaped muscle that separates the abdomen from the thorax is called the

What cranial nerves innervate most pharyngeal muscles?

What is the primary muscle of the lips?

What type of neurons transfer information away from the brain?

What is the important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus and the thalamus?

Which structure in the brain controls emotions?

Which structure in the brain relays sensory impusles to the cerebral cortex?

What three nuclear masses compose the corpus striatum?

What structure regulates body posture, equilibrium and coordinatied fine motor movements?

The anterior cerbral artery supplies blood to the ______.

To what sounds does the nasopharynx add noticeable resonsnace?

What structures separate the laryngeal vestibule from the pharynx to help protect the airway and is composed of a ring of connective tissue and muscle extending from the tips of the arytnoid cartilages to the larynx?

Which cranial nerve innervates the larynx and the veli palatini, palatoglossus, and palatopharynges muscles?

Which muscles contribute to velopharyngeal closure through tensing and elevating the velum?

What structure at the inferior portion of the tongue connects the tongue with the mandible?

What muscle is most involved in producing voiced and voiceless /the/?

When adducting and abducting the vocal folds what muscles are used?

What fibers connect the cerebral hemisheres?

What is the CNS's primary mechanism of attention, alertness and consciousness, which is related to sleeep-wake cycles?

What is the name of the gyrus in the frontal lobe where the the primary motor cortex is located?

What area in the temporal lobe is critical to the comprehension of spoken language?

What connects Wernicki's area to Broca's area in the frontal lobe?

What cortex is found in the occipital loabe?

What is the purpose of the angular gyrus in the parietal lobe?

What region of the brain is important for interpreting the somesthetic sensations such as pain, touch, and temperature?

What two tracts make up the pyramidal system?

Where is the fluid that fills the interconnected cerbral ventricles produced?

What are the three meningeal coverings of the brain?

Toward the upper portion of the pons what does the basilar artery divide into?

Which carotid artery is a major supplier of blood to the brain?

What is found at the base of the brain and is formed by the two carotid and two vertebral arteries joining?