EEG BOARD PREP 2024
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS RATE BY
EXPERTS
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TEST OF BRAIN FUNCTION (RATHER THAN
BRAIN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE)?
A CT SCAN
B EEG
C MRI
D BRAIN SCAN - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B EEG
WHO WAS THE FIRST TO DESCRIBE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE HUMAN
BRAIN?
A ADOLF BECK
B HANS BERGER
C RICHARD CATON
D FLEISCHEL VON MARXOW - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B HANS BERGER
DIPOLE LOCALIZATION ALLOWS ONE TO
A FIND THE SOURCE OF POTENTIAL GENERATOR
B DETECT THE ACTION POTENTIAL
C RECORD THE FAR FIELD POTENTIAL
D CREATE THE NEAR FIELD POTENTIAL - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A FIND THE
SOURCE OF POTENTIAL GENERATOR
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL STIMULI IS
MEASURED BY
A SCALP RECORDED EEG
B EVOKED POTENTIALS
C EXTERNAL POTENTIAL
D MEMBRANE POTENTIAL - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>B EVOKED POTENTIALS
(EP) EVOKED POTENTIALS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>AN ELECTRICAL
POTENTIAL RECORDED IN RESPONSE TO AN EXTERNAL STIMULUS: VISUAL,
AUDITORY, OR SOMATOSENSORY
FAR FIELD POTENTIAL IS DEFINED AS
A POTENTIAL RECORDED FROM THE SURFACE ELECTRODE
B POTENTIAL RECORDED FROM DEPTH ELECTRODE
C POTENTIAL RECORDED FROM NEARBY GENERATOR SOURCE
D POTENTIAL RECORDED FROM DISTANT SOURCE - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D
POTENTIAL RECORDED FROM DISTANT SOURCE.
,(FFP) FAR FIELD POTENTIAL - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>THE SCALP
ELECTRODES DETECTED THE POTENTIALS THAT WERE GENERATED AT A
DISTANCE THUS THE TERM "FAR FIELD POTENTIAL" WAS INTRODUCED.
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TESTS REFLECT BRAIN FUNCTION EXCEPT
A EEG
B PET SCAN
C SPECT
D CT SCAN - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>D CT SCAN
CT SCAN VS EEG - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>THE EEG PRIMARILY REFLECTS
BRAIN FUNCTION WHILE CT REPRESENTS ANATOMICAL BRAIN STRUCTURES.
WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST HUMAN EEG RECORDING PUBLISHED?
A 1890
B 1910
C 1929
D 1950 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C 1929
1929 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>HANS BERGER FIRST REPORTED ELECTRICAL
ACTIVITY FROM THE HUMAN BRAIN
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY MEASURES
A CURRENT CREATED BY MAGNETIC FIELDS
B MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED BY CURRENT FLOW
C INDUCTANCE CREATED BY MAGNETIC FIELDS
D CURRENT CREATED BY INJECTION OF MAGNETIC POWER - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>B MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED BY CURRENT FLOW
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPH (MEG) - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>DETECTS
MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED BY CURRENT FLOW OVER THE CORTEX
WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST EEG RECORDING IN ANIMAL EXPERIMENT
PUBLISHED?
A 1875
B 1900
C 1929
D 1935 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>A 1875
1875 - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>RICHARD CATON FIRST REPORTED ELECTRICAL
ACTIVITY FROM ANIMAL BRAIN
IN 1875 WHO WAS THE FIRST TO RECORD ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY FROM THE
ANIMAL BRAIN
A ADOLF BECK
, B HANS BERGER
C RICHARD CATON
D FLEISCHEL VON MARXOW - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>C RICHARD CATON
CENTRAL SULCUS (ROLANDIC FISSURE) - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>separates
frontal and parietal lobes, SEPERATES MOTOR FROM SENSORY CORTEX
HESCHLS GYRUS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>AUDITORY AURA
MEDULLA OBLONGATA - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>CONTROLS RESPIRATION
AND HR
MENINGIOMA (BENIGN TUMOR) - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>COVERINGS OF THE
BRAIN
EXPLANATION OF EEG ACTIVITY - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>BOTH EXCITATORY
AND INHIBATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
A SPIKE OR SHARP WAVE RESULTS FROM - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>SYNCHRONOUS ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE NEURONS
POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>SUPPLIES BLOOD
TO THE VISUAL CORTEX
ROLANDIC GYRUS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>FRONTAL AND PARIETAL LOBES
PRECENTRAL GYRUS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>FRONTAL LOBE
CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT (AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS) - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>CONNECTS THE THIRD ND FOURTH VENTRICLES
Pyramidal dendritic PSPs - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>MOST IMPORTANT SOURCE
OF EEG
COLLATERAL PERFUSION MAINTAINED BY - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>CIRCLE OF
WILLIS
LOCATION OF BROCAS AREA - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>POSTERIOR PART OF
INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS
ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>encapsulated tumors that grow
on cranial nerve VIII
THROMBUS OF RIGHT MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY WOULD MOST LIKELY
CAUSE - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>LEFT FACE AND ARM PARALYSIS
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