Exam 1 - Practice Questions

Question 1

What is the most common type of synapse?

Answer 1

Axodendritic

Question 2

What lobe contains the primary somatosensory area?

Answer 2

Parietal

Question 3

What artery runs along the lateral sulcus?

Answer 3

Middle cerebral artery

Question 4

Which receptor is not encapsulated?

Answer 4

Follicular cells
Merkel cells
Free nerve endings

Question 5

Which receptor responds to deep touch/vibration?

Answer 5

Pacinian

Question 6

Sensory structures in the spinal cord are?

Answer 6

Dorsal and lateral in the brainstem

Question 7

CSF is located in the…?

Answer 7

Subarachnoid space

Question 8

What is the most rostral part of the brain or cerebrum?

Answer 8

Telencephalon

Question 9

The notochord stimulates the ___ to form ___?

Answer 9

1. ) Ectoderm

2. ) Neural plate

Question 10

Where is the cerebral aqueduct?

Answer 10

In between the third and fourth ventricles

Question 11

What myelinates CNS?

Answer 11

Oligodendrocytes

Question 12

Define tract in CNS.

Answer 12

Bundle of axons

Question 13

What artery supplies the visual cortex?

Answer 13

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 14

What artery supplies the lateral cerebrum?

Answer 14

Middle cerebral artery

Question 15

What lobe contains the primary visual cortex?

Answer 15

Occipital lobe

Question 16

Cerebral cortex can have up to ___ lamina?

Answer 16

6

Question 17

CNS is derived from what germ layer?

Answer 17

Ectoderm

Question 18

What is the main functional component of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 18

?

Question 19

Venous blood drains from the cranium through the ___?

Answer 19

Internal jugular vein

Question 20

What plane divides the body into right & left halves?

Answer 20

Sagittal

Question 21

What are nociceptors?

Answer 21

Pain receptors

Question 22

Where is the falx cerebri located?

Answer 22

In between the right and left hemispheres

Question 23

Type of cell body in DRG?

Answer 23

Pseudounipolar

Question 24

How much CSF is contained within the system at any given time?

Answer 24

150mL at any given moment

Question 25

What type of cells line ventricles and produce CSF?

Answer 25

Ependymal cells

Question 26

What do neural crest cells form from?

Answer 26

Neural tube

Question 27

What is a derivative of neural crest cells?

Answer 27

Sensory neurons

Question 28

What supplies the visual cortex?

Answer 28

Superior Cerebellar or posterior cerebral

Question 29

What lobe is associated with emotions?

Answer 29

Limbic

Question 30

What is surrounded by the pons, medulla and cerebellum?

Answer 30

4th ventricle

Question 31

What is the largest part of the brain?

Answer 31

Telencephalon

Question 32

Which layer houses stem cells for the future spinal cord?

Answer 32

Ventricular area

Question 33

What deep vein goes to the straight sinus?

Answer 33

Great cerebral vein of Galen

Question 34

What connects Wernicke's to Broca's area?

Answer 34

Arcuate association fibers

Question 35

What is the most common connection in the body?

Answer 35

Synapse

Question 36

What part of the neuron transmits signals the fastest?

Answer 36

Axon

Question 37

White matter is composed mainly of what?

Answer 37

Axon

Question 38

Which ganglia is in the CNS?

Answer 38

Basal Ganglia

Question 39

Broca's area pertains to?

Answer 39

Speech

Question 40

Which cell aids in cellular metabolism?

Answer 40

Astrocyte

Question 41

Which cell is phagocytic?

Answer 41

Microglia

Question 42

Which is myelinated in PNS?

Answer 42

Schwann cell

Question 43

What is part of the midbrain?

Answer 43

Mesencephalon

Question 44

150mL at any given moment?

Answer 44

CSF

Question 45

What lobe is the visual cortex located?

Answer 45

Occipital

Question 46

Where do neural crest cells originate?

Answer 46

Neural fold

Question 47

Diencephalon gives rise to what?

Answer 47

3rd ventricle

Question 48

Mesencephalon (midbrain) gives rise to what?

Answer 48

Cerebral aqueduct

Question 49

What artery runs in lateral fissure?

Answer 49

Middle cerebral artery