Practice 1

Question 1

Which organelle is the site of glycoprotein & lysosome synthesis?

Answer 1

Golgi Body

Question 2

Patellar reflex is an example of…?

Answer 2

Myotactic reflex

Question 3

What will happen with distal nerve damage?

Answer 3

Wallerion Degeneration

Question 4

What is the function of satellite cells?

Answer 4

Cover neuronal cell bodies (PNS only)

Question 5

Which neuroglia is analogous to white blood cells?

Answer 5

Microglia

Question 6

Golgi tendon organ is an example of…?

Answer 6

Mechanoreceptor

Question 7

What senses pain & temperature?

Answer 7

Free nerve endings

Question 8

Motor supply to the muscle spindles is supplied by…?

Answer 8

Gamma type neurons

Question 9

Multipolar neurons have several fibers that come off of one…?

Answer 9

Cell body

Question 10

Which fiber type responds to muscle stretch in patellar reflex?

Answer 10

Alpha

Question 11

Astrocytoma percentage?

Answer 11

23%

Question 12

Ependyoma percentage?

Answer 12

8%

Question 13

Oligodendroglioma percentage?

Answer 13

3%

Question 14

Cell bodies of sensory neurons are located in…?

Answer 14

DRG

Question 15

What is the embryological derivative of the PNS?

Answer 15

Crest cells

Question 16

What is the embryological derivative of the CNS?

Answer 16

Neural tube

Question 17

Cell bodies of motor neurons are located in…?

Answer 17

Brainstem and Spinal Cord (CNS)

Question 18

Pseudounipolar cells…?

Answer 18

Modified bipolar, transmits sensory signals to receptors in skin, joints and muscles

Question 19

Bipolar cells…?

Answer 19

Transmits signals for special senses

Question 20

Multipolar cells…?

Answer 20

Motor neurons (most common)

Question 21

Cell bodies of the PNS are made up of…?

Answer 21

Pseudounipolar & multipolar neurons

Question 22

What is the PNS derived from?

Answer 22

Neural crest cells

Question 23

What type of neuron is in the dorsal root ganglion made up of?

Answer 23

Psudounipolar

Question 24

What myelinates the PNS?

Answer 24

Schwann cells

Question 25

What type of neuron contains multiple fibers branching off of it that carry signals through the brain/spinal cord?

Answer 25

Multipolar

Question 26

What is the most common type of glioma?

Answer 26

Astrocytoma

Question 27

The umbilicus is found at dermatome level...?

Answer 27

T10

Question 28

What are the layers of connective tissue coverings?

Answer 28

Epineurium > Perineurium > Endoneurium

Question 29

What is the minimum number of neurons involved in a reflex?

Answer 29

2

Question 30

What type of neurons are found in the ventricular zone?

Answer 30

Pleuripotent stem cells

Question 31

Satellite cells are similar to ___ in the CNS?

Answer 31

Astrocyte

Question 32

What type of reflex is the patellar reflex an example of?

Answer 32

Myotactic

Question 33

What type of motor neuron responds to muscle stretch?

Answer 33

Gamma

Question 34

What type of reflex involves crossed effects?

Answer 34

Withdraw reflex

Question 35

Muscle spindles are an example of...?

Answer 35

Stretch receptors

Question 36

What is a thermoreceptor?

Answer 36

Free nerve ending

Question 37

Which organelle gives structure to the cell body?

Answer 37

Cytoskeleton

Question 38

Which layer surrounds the fascicle?

Answer 38

Perineurium

Question 39

Which nerve fiber is the slowest?

Answer 39

C

Question 40

Where are golgi tendons found?

Answer 40

Muscle-tendon junctions

Question 41

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

Answer 41

31

Question 42

What is the functional cell for energy?

Answer 42

Mitochondria

Question 43

MS is caused by defect of?

Answer 43

Autoimmune attack of myelin

Question 44

What produces CSF?

Answer 44

Ependymal cells

Question 45

A strip of skin innervated by a single neuron?

Answer 45

Receptive field

Question 46

Type A axons are?

Answer 46

Largest in diameter

Question 47

Type C axons are?

Answer 47

Slowest (unmyelinated)

Question 48

The type of motor neuron that responds to muscle stretch?

Answer 48

Gamma

Question 49

Which of the following have free nerve endings?

Answer 49

Thermoreceptors