Practice quiz

Question 1

The “where” speech path carries signals from the PAC to the ipsilateral parietal lobe. This is an example of…

Answer 1

association fibers

Question 2

Describe the function of Wernicke’s area

Answer 2

Comprehension and formulation of language

Question 3

Describe a lesion in Broca’s area

Answer 3

Only uses the main or necessary words of a sentence

Question 4

Describe a lesion in Wernicke’s area

Answer 4

The combination and order of the words selected is meaningless and makes no sense

Question 5

Describe a lesion in Broca’s and Wernicke’s area

Answer 5

Unable to comprehend what he hears or reads, cannot write, and in addition is unable to formulate language

Question 6

What is the one of the main structures of the limbic system, along with the hippocampal formation?

Answer 6

Amygdala

Question 7

The limbic system helps to produce a physiologic response appropriate for a(n) ___ situation.

Answer 7

Emotional

Question 8

What kind of disease is Alzheimer’s dimentia?

Answer 8

Degenerative

Question 9

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

Answer 9

Control appetite and fluid balance
Control sleep
Control body temperature

Question 10

The hypothalamus operates largely through its influence on what gland?

Answer 10

Pituitary

Question 11

What is the main function of the hippocampal formation?

Answer 11

Consolidation of short term memory into long term memory

Question 12

What structure is closely involved in the function of the limbic system?

Answer 12

Hypothalmaus

Question 13

What is an accurate description of the primary symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

Answer 13

Inability to form new memories

Question 14

Why is the hypothalamus critical to human flourishing?

Answer 14

It is crucial to functions of survival and reproduction

Question 15

What hormones are released by the posterior pituitary?

Answer 15

Oxytocin and ADH

Question 16

Neuroplasticity beyond early development involves LTP and LTD, two processes which are a kind of ___.

Answer 16

Synapse modification

Question 17

What type of memory lasts up to a few seconds?

Answer 17

Sensory

Question 18

Short term memory has a limited capacity of ___, depending on the nature of the information stored

Answer 18

4-7 pieces

Question 19

The process of information being located and brought back to short term working memory is known as

Answer 19

Recall

Question 20

What type of memory is needed to list the cranial nerve functions?

Answer 20

Declarative/explicit

Question 21

What structures participate in visceral functions and behavioral responses with the reticular formation?

Answer 21

Olfactory and limbic systems

Question 22

The axons of neurons of the reticular formation extend in which direction?

Answer 22

Ascending and descending

Question 23

Inability to think with customary speed, clarity, and coherence

Answer 23

Confusion

Question 24

Describe unresponsive wakefulness

Answer 24

The patient may open eyes but is unresponsive and mostly unconscious with no speech or signs of awareness

Question 25

State in which the patient appears unresponsive but there is no structural brain injury

Answer 25

Catatonia

Question 26

Term used to describe the reticular formation

Answer 26

Polysynaptic network

Question 27

Term describing a patient in a state in which she is incapable of being aroused by external stimuli or inner need, even with vigorous or repeated external stimulation

Answer 27

Coma

Question 28

Pathological basis of unresponsive wakefulness and persistent vegetative state

Answer 28

Diffuse cerebral atrophy, neuronal loss, or thalamic necrosis

Question 29

State in which the patient is unable to respond with motor activity or speech, but there is no disturbance of consciousness

Answer 29

Locked in syndrome

Question 30

EMS arrives at the ED with a patient who has been in an MVA. The best imaging study to evaluate for an intracranial bleed is

Answer 30

CT without contrast

Question 31

Communication of the visual cortex with the frontal eye fields is carried along which kind of fibers?

Answer 31

Association

Question 32

A cerebellar stroke would cause which speech disorder?

Answer 32

Ataxic dysarthria

Question 33

The stress response is most actively linked with what hormone?

Answer 33

Cortisol

Question 34

Chronic stress increases the occurrence of which of the following?

Answer 34

Worsening arthritis Stroke Cardiovascular events

Question 35

Which of the following is rare in early life?

Answer 35

Neurogenesis

Question 36

Attention is required in order to form what type of memory?

Answer 36

Short term

Question 37

An infarction that damages a 43 y/o concert pianist's bilateral medial temporal lobes will result in which deficit?

Answer 37

Anterograde memory loss