Barry BMS - Neuroscience COMP Exam
Questions and Answers
None of the above = pons - Answers -To relay the sensory information to the
cerebellum and thalamus and contain viscera somatic and motor
C - Answers -Which of the following are true about the CEREBELLUM?
a. the cerebellum relays information to the thalamus
b. relay
c. coordinate complex motor behaviors
Myelencephalon - Answers -The secondary brain vesicle at 6 weeks which originates
the medulla oblongata
Metencephalon - Answers -Which region of the adult brain originates the cerebellum
False, the nerves are part of the PNS - Answers -Since the cranial nerves are totally
included inside the cranial cavity, like the cerebrum, the diencephalon, mesencephalon,
the cerebellum, and the brain stem. They are also part of the CNS. (T/F)
e. all of the above - Answers -The nervous system ....
a. monitors internal stimuli
b. transmit information in the form of action potential
c. interprets and assesses information
d. maintains homeostasis
e. all of the above
Prefrontal Cortex - Answers -Which of the following is responsible for problem solving
skillset?
98% - Answers -The human brain contains almost _____ of the body's neural tissue?
False - Answers -The distribution of the gray matter and the white matter is exactly the
same in all regions of the CNS (T/F)
True - Answers -After properly processing and integrating the sensory information and
comparing to the stored data the CNS (brain and spinal cord) send the appropriate
motor response to the effector via efferent motor pathway. (T/F)
Somatic - Answers -Voluntary (CONTROL) conduct impulses from CNS to skeletal
muscle
,Subarachnoid space - Answers -This space is filled with CSF
False - Answers -Cranial nerve 9, 10, 11, 12 go into to the cortex
Diencephalon - Answers -Links cerebrum to brain stem and integrates sensory info and
motor
Medulla oblongata - Answers -Sensory information to the thalamus
Smell - Answers -All sensory information that is projected stop here (THALAMUS) first
except
Hypothalamus - Answers -Regulates body temp, blood pressure, digestive tract (RATE
AND DEPTH OF BREATHING)
Basal Nuclei - Answers -Subconscious control of skeletal muscle tone, regulates
attention and cognition, regulate intensity of slow or stereotyped movements.
All of the above - Answers -Which of the following structures is or not included in the
limbic system?
TELENCEPHALON: CINGULATE GYRUS, SEPTAL AREA AND PARAHIPPOCAMPAL
GYRUS DIENCEPHALON AND BRAIN STEM
All of the above - Answers -Which of the following is/are a function of the limbic system?
, None of the above = cingulate gyrus - Answers -It plays a role in expressing emotion via
gestures and results
Dura Mater - Answers -The most superficial meningeal layer
Damage to the brainstem is usually fatal - Answers -Which of the following statements
concerning the brain stem is true?
False (MOST CRANIAL NERVES LOCATED IN BRAIN STEM 10 OUT OF 12) -
Answers -All cranial nerves enter
False - Answers -Brainstem related to sensory?
Microglial cells - Answers -pathogens by phagocytosis
Medulla oblongata - Answers -lateral corticospinal/ pyramidal tract crosses to the other
side where
Basilar artery - Answers -Which of the following is not a part of the circle of willis ?
Bas / POSTEROIR CEREBRAL ARTERY ISOLATERAL - Answers -The occipital lobe
of the brain is required by the occipital posterior
Posterior cerebral artery - Answers -Which of the following arteries is/are direct
branches of basilar artery?
Olfactory - Answers -The 1st cranial nerve is considered as a purely sensory
Descending motor tracts - Answers -The pyramids of the medulla contain
a. midbrain, pons, medulla, spinal cord (MPMS) - Answers -Arrange the following in
order from the diencephalon downwards: 1 spinal cord, 2 midbrain, 3 medulla, 4 pons:
Frontal lobe from parietal lobe - Answers -The central sulcus separates (MOTOR AND
SENSORY AREAS)
Vision - Answers -The occipital lobe is for?
Lateral rectus; purely motor - Answers -Abducens nerve does abduction of the eye and
innervates
Trigeminal nerve - Answers -Kiss on the cheek is innervated by?
Vestibulocochlear - Answers -Which of the following nerves is exclusively sensory?
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