FINAL September 2013

Question 1

Which type of glial cell is a satellite most like?

Answer 1

Astrocyte

Question 2

What type of cells are located in the ventricular zone of the neural tube?

Answer 2

Pluripotent stem cells

Question 3

What cranial nerve innervate the inferior oblique?

Answer 3

oculomotor

Question 4

The upper and middle trunks of the brachial plexus combine to form the _______ cord?

Answer 4

lateral

Question 5

Which splanchnic nerves receive their input from the sympathetic trunk levels T10 and T11?

Answer 5

Lesser

Question 6

Which nerve runs with the hypoglossal nerve?

Answer 6

Geniohyoid

Question 7

All of the following are mechanoreceptors EXCEPT

Thermoreceptor
Follicular receptor
Pacinians corpuscle
Meissner’s corpuscle

Answer 7

Thermoreceptor

Question 8

What is the minimal number or neurons required for a simple reflex circuit?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

What functional component is associated with taste?

Answer 9

SVA

Question 10

What type of reflex is stimulated by tapping the patellar tendon?

Answer 10

Myotactic

Question 11

Which of the following is true of BOTH the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system

Answer 11

They use acetylcholine as neurotransmitter in the ganglia

Question 12

Where are the receptors for the auditory system?

Answer 12

Spiral organ

Question 13

What dermatome is the umbilicus?

Answer 13

T10

Question 14

What root(s) contribute to the phrenic nerve?

Answer 14

C3, C4, C5

Question 15

Which supraclavicular branch is also known as the anterior branch?

Answer 15

Medial

Question 16

Which layer of the neural tube produces stem cells?

Answer 16

Ventricular

Question 17

What nerve provides the preganglionic GVE innervation to the submandibular ganglion?

Answer 17

Chordae tympani

Question 18

The junction between an axon and a muscle fibre is called?

Answer 18

Neuromuscular junction

Question 19

Which nerve branches directly from a root?

Answer 19

Long thoracic

Question 20

Which nerve carries GSA input from the mucosa of the anterior 2/3rd of the tongue?

Answer 20

Mandibular

Question 21

Which cell (soma) is part of the PNS?

Oligodendrocyte
multipolar neuron
Astrocyte
Pseudounipolar neuron

Answer 21

Pseudounipolar neuron

Question 22

What nerve innervates the laryngeal mucosa?

Answer 22

internal laryngeal

Question 23

Compensatory eye movement is stimulated by activating the?

Answer 23

Superior olive

Question 24

Which of the following converts pressure waves in the endolymph into nerve impulses?

Answer 24

spiral organ

Question 25

The glossopharyngeal nerve provides parasympathetic innervation to the?

Answer 25

Parotid gland

Question 26

The neuroglial cell involved in the blood brain barrier is?

Answer 26

Ependymal cells

Question 27

What fluid bathes the optic nerve?

Answer 27

CSF

Question 28

What are thermoreceptors?

Answer 28

Free nerve endings

Question 29

What type of fibre does the intermediate nerve carry?

Answer 29

Sensory

Question 30

Which nerve roots form the lumbosacral trunk?

Answer 30

L4,L5

Question 31

There are ____ pair of spinal nerves?

Answer 31

31

Question 32

Which cranial nerve exits caudal to the inferior colliculus?

Answer 32

Trochlear

Question 33

What is the most common type of glioma?

Answer 33

Astrocytoma

Question 34

Neurons that conduct nerve impulses from the receptors to the CNS are?

Answer 34

Afferent

Question 35

Embryologically, the optic nerve is derived from the?

Answer 35

Diencephalon

Question 36

The nerves of the branchial plexus innervated the:

Answer 36

Upper limb

Question 37

Where are olfactory (receptor) nerves?

Answer 37

Nasal epithelia

Question 38

Which nerve pierces the anterior surface of the psoas major, runs inferiorly, and innervates the genitalia and femoral triangle?

Answer 38

Genitofemoral

Question 39

Which plexus is covered by psoas major?

Answer 39

Lumbar

Question 40

Where are the Golgi Tendon Organs?

Answer 40

Muscle tendon junction

Question 41

A patient comes in having burned the tip of his tongue. What nerve was stimulated?

Answer 41

Trigeminal

Question 42

The ciliary ganglion lies lateral to which nerve?

Answer 42

Optic

Question 43

What is the connective tissue layer that encloses a single nerve fibre?

Answer 43

Endoneurium

Question 44

Lesion of the femoral nerve causes which condition?

Answer 44

Paralysis of vastus lateralis

Question 45

What leads to the formation of the film terminale?

Answer 45

Degeneration of the spinal cord

Question 46

Compared to unmyelinated axons, myelinated axons

Answer 46

Conduct impulses faster

Question 47

What type of photoreceptor is in the fovea centralis of the retina?

Answer 47

Cones

Question 48

The sense that tells us which muscles are contracted, the amount of tension in a joint, the position of a joint, and the orientation of the head is called?

Answer 48

Proprioception

Question 49

What are the main output neurons from the olfactory bulb?

Answer 49

Mitral