Neuro

Question 1

CNS location of NE synthesis

Answer 1

Locus ceruleus (pons)

Question 2

CNS location of DA synthesis

Answer 2

Ventral tegmentum and SNc (midbrain)

Question 3

CNS location of 5-HT synthesis

Answer 3

Raphe nucleus (pons, medulla, midbrain)

Question 4

CNS location of Ach synthesis

Answer 4

Basal nucleus of Meynert

Question 5

CNS location of GABA synthesis

Answer 5

nucleus accumbens

Question 6

Neurotransmitter levels in Anxiety

Answer 6

High NE

Low 5-HT and GABA

Question 7

Neurotransmitter levels in Depression

Answer 7

Low NE, DA and 5-HT

Question 8

Neurotransmitter levels in HD

Answer 8

High DA

Low Ach and GABA

Question 9

Neurotransmitter levels in PD

Answer 9

Low DA and 5-HT

High Ach

Question 10

Neurotransmitter levels in Alzheimer disease

Answer 10

Low Ach

Question 11

Where is ADH made?

Answer 11

supraoptic nucleus

Question 12

Where is oxytocin made?

Answer 12

paraventricular nucleus

Question 13

What part of the hypothalamus controls hunger?

Answer 13

Lateral Area

Question 14

What part of the hypothalamus controls satiety?

Answer 14

Ventromedial area

Question 15

What part of the hypothalamus controls cooling?

Answer 15

Anterior hypothalamus

Question 16

What part of the hypothalamus controls heating?

Answer 16

Posterior hypothalamus

Question 17

What part of hypothalamus controls circadian rhythm?

Answer 17

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 18

EEG when awake

Answer 18

Beta waves (high frequency, low amp)

Question 19

EEG when awake (eyes closed)

Answer 19

Alpha waves

Question 20

EEG when in Stage N1 Non-REM sleep

Answer 20

Theta waves

Question 21

EEG when in Stage N2 Non-REM sleep

Answer 21

Sleep spindles and K complexes

Question 22

EEG when in Stage N3 Non-REM sleep

Answer 22

Delta waves (lowest frequency, highest amplitude)

Question 23

EEG when in REM sleep

Answer 23

Beta waves

Question 24

What stage of sleep has bruxism (teeth clenching)?

Answer 24

N2

Question 25

What stage of sleep has sleep walking, night terrors and sleep enuresis?

Answer 25

N3

Question 26

What receives input from spinothalamic and dorsal columns/medial leminiscus?

Answer 26

VPL of thalamus

Question 27

What info does the VPL of the thalamus receive?

Answer 27

Pain and temperature | Pressure, touch, vibration and proprioception

Question 28

What receives information from the trigeminal and gustatory pathway?

Answer 28

VPM of thalamus

Question 29

What info does the VPM of the thalamus receive?

Answer 29

Face sensation | Taste

Question 30

What receives information from CN II?

Answer 30

LGN of the thalamus

Question 31

What information does the LGN receive?

Answer 31

Vision (sends it to calcarine sulcus)

Question 32

What receives information from the superior olive and inferior colliculus of the tectum?

Answer 32

MGN of the thalamus

Question 33

What information does the MGN receive?

Answer 33

Hearing (sends it to auditory cortex of temporal lobe)

Question 34

What receives input form the basal ganglia and the cerebellum?

Answer 34

VL of thalamus

Question 35

What information does the VL receive?

Answer 35

motor

Question 36

Achilles reflex

Answer 36

S1-S2

Question 37

Patellar reflex

Answer 37

L3-L4

Question 38

Biceps reflex

Answer 38

C5-C6

Question 39

Triceps reflex

Answer 39

C7-C8

Question 40

Cremaster reflex

Answer 40

L1-L2

Question 41

Anal wink reflex

Answer 41

S3-S4

Question 42

Corneal reflex (aff and eff)

Answer 42

Aff: V1 (nasociliary branch) Eff: VII (temporal branch= orbicularis oculi)

Question 43

Lacrimation reflex (aff and eff)

Answer 43

Aff: V1 Eff: VII

Question 44

Jaw Jerk reflex (aff and eff)

Answer 44

Aff: V3 (sensory from muscle spindle) Eff: V3 (motor from masseter)

Question 45

Pupillary reflex (aff and eff)

Answer 45

Aff: II Eff: III

Question 46

Gag reflex (aff and eff)

Answer 46

Aff: IX Eff: X

Question 47

CN that exits from cribriform plate

Answer 47

CN I

Question 48

CN that exits from middle cranial fossa

Answer 48

II-VI

Question 49

CN that exits from posterior cranial fossa

Answer 49

VII-XII

Question 50

CN that exits from superior orbital fissure

Answer 50

III, IV, V1 (opthalmic branch), VI | (with opthalmic vein and sympathetic fibers

Question 51

CN that exits from Foramen Rotundum

Answer 51

V2 (maxillary)

Question 52

CN that exits from optic canal

Answer 52

CN II | with opthalmic artery and central retinal vain

Question 53

CN that exits from foramen ovale

Answer 53

V3 (mandibular)

Question 54

CN that exits from foramen spinosum

Answer 54

NONE! middle meningeal artery does

Question 55

CN that exits from jugular foramen

Answer 55

CN IX, X, XI | with jugular vein

Question 56

CN that exits from internal auditory meatus

Answer 56

CN VII, VIII

Question 57

CN that exits via foramen magnum

Answer 57

spinal roots of XI | with brain stem and vertebral arteries

Question 58

CN that exits via hypoglossal canal

Answer 58

CN XII

Question 59

Nucleus solitarius

Answer 59

VII, IX, X

Question 60

Nucleus ambiguus

Answer 60

IX, X, XI

Question 61

Dorsal motor nucleus

Answer 61

X

Question 62

CN that pass through cavernous sinus

Answer 62

VI (medial), III (superolateral), IV, V1, V2 (inferolateral) Internal carotid artery also makes a loop to pass through

Question 63

Where is low frequency sound best heard?

Answer 63

Apex near helicotrema

Question 64

Where is high frequency sound best heard?

Answer 64

Base of cochlea

Question 65

Stroke with dysphagia and hoarseness

Answer 65

PICA (nucleus ambiguus affected)

Question 66

Stroke with facial nerve paralysis

Answer 66

AICA (facial nucleus affected)

Question 67

Stroke with tongue affected (deviates ipsilaterally)

Answer 67

ASA (caudal medulla affected)

Question 68

Stroke with contralateral hemianopia with macular sparing

Answer 68

PCA

Question 69

Vessel affected in "locked in syndrome"

Answer 69

basilar artery