
Cranial Nerve Pre-formative quiz
Quiz by Jenny Ousley
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A 27-year-old man came to his physician with drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis), a
dilated pupil, and a difficulty in focusing on close objects. Furthermore, he has an internal strabismus (medial deviation of the eye) and inability to look inferiorly when the eye is adducted. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
A 31-year-old man with a penetrating injury to the posterior triangle of the neck is unable to shrug his shoulder and turn the head to the opposite side. Which of the following nerves is most likely damaged?
A 23 year old woman suffers from a fracture of the jugular foramen by car accident. Which of the following nerves is/are most likely damaged?
A 34-year-old man in a bar fight suffers a knife wound that severs the abducens nerve proximal to its entrance into the orbit. Which of the following conditions results from this injury?
Following radical resection of a primary tongue tumor, a 72-year-old patient has lost
general sensation on the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. This is probably due to injury to branches of which of the following nerves?
A 53-year-old woman is diagnosed as having a pituitary tumor. If the tumor is large enough, she could exhibit which of the following disorders?
A patient can move his eyeballs normally and see distant objects clearly but cannot focus on near objects. This condition may indicate damage to which of the following structures?
A 32-year-old woman has hoarseness in her voice, and her uvula is deviated to the left on phonation. Which of the following nerves is most likely damaged?
Following a penetrated injury in the submandibular triangle, the tongue of a 45 year old patient deviates to the left on protrusion. Which of the following nerves is injured?
A 47 year old man cannot move his eyeball laterally. Which of the following conditions would cause such a clinical sign?
A knife wound has severed the oculomotor nerve in a 45-year-old man. Which of the following conditions will occur because of this injury?