USAHS NUEROSCIENCE EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
What Is composed of bundles of axons in the CNS - ANSWER -tracts
What is the collection of cell bodies within the CNS also known as the sum of the body
and cell bodies are considered to be gray matter - ANSWER -nucleus
What are bundles of axons that are found in the PNS - ANSWER -nerves
In the CNS the most excited neurotransmitter is - ANSWER -gluetamate
In the CNS the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter is - ANSWER -gapa
In the PNS what is the main transmitter - ANSWER -acetalcohiline
You find that your patient has impairment with propiception, vibration and touch after a
stroke. What is being affected? - ANSWER -dorsal column and medial meniscus
Your patient had a stroke, your testing for sensation and notice patient has an
impairment with temperature, crude touch and pain. What pathway is affected? -
ANSWER -anterior lateral pathway which is the spinal thalamic tract
What controls bodily functions such as blood pressure and heart rate - ANSWER -brain
stem
How many lobes does the cerebrum have? - ANSWER -frontal, parietal, temporal,
occipital
Which lobe has largest amount of association cortex? - ANSWER -frontal lobe
The primary visual cortext is also known as brodmanns area - ANSWER -#17
What is brodmanns area #4? - ANSWER -primary motor cortex
Brockas area is brodmanns area - ANSWER -#44 and #45
What does brockas aphagia mean - ANSWER -expressive aphagia- difficulty speaking
warnekeyes area Is brodmanns area - ANSWER -#22
, What does warnekeys aphasia mean? - ANSWER -Receptive aphasia- day of the week
is red. Difficulty comprehending speech
Brokas area and warnekeys area is on the - ANSWER -left hemisphere
What lobe is brokas are located - ANSWER -left frontal lobe
What lobe is warnekeys area located - ANSWER -left temporal and parietal lobes
What side of your brain is more dominant - ANSWER -left
Rostral to the midbrain is the - ANSWER -cerebrum
During development the CNS arises from the sheath that folds over to form the -
ANSWER -neural tube
What structure does the telecephalon contain - ANSWER -cerebral hemispheres
cerebral cortex
white matter
basal ganglia
basal nuceli
The diencephalon is composed of what structures - ANSWER -hypothalamus
epithalamus
thalamus
The mecencephalon is known as what - ANSWER -midbrain
The metacephalon Is made up of what 2 structures - ANSWER -cerebellum and pons
Gray matter is composed of what - ANSWER -nuclei
White matter is composed of what - ANSWER -tracts
What is a collection of cell bodies of neurons associated with the PNS - ANSWER -
ganglion
You ask your patient to stick out their tongue and move it right to left to see deviation.
What cranial nerve are your testing for - ANSWER -12 hypoglossal
How can you test for cranial nerve 1 - ANSWER -smell something, eyes are closed
When a patient cannot pout his lips what cranial nerve is involved - ANSWER -#7 facial
When performing the h and x task, which cranial nerves are you testing for - ANSWER -
3,4,6
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
What Is composed of bundles of axons in the CNS - ANSWER -tracts
What is the collection of cell bodies within the CNS also known as the sum of the body
and cell bodies are considered to be gray matter - ANSWER -nucleus
What are bundles of axons that are found in the PNS - ANSWER -nerves
In the CNS the most excited neurotransmitter is - ANSWER -gluetamate
In the CNS the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter is - ANSWER -gapa
In the PNS what is the main transmitter - ANSWER -acetalcohiline
You find that your patient has impairment with propiception, vibration and touch after a
stroke. What is being affected? - ANSWER -dorsal column and medial meniscus
Your patient had a stroke, your testing for sensation and notice patient has an
impairment with temperature, crude touch and pain. What pathway is affected? -
ANSWER -anterior lateral pathway which is the spinal thalamic tract
What controls bodily functions such as blood pressure and heart rate - ANSWER -brain
stem
How many lobes does the cerebrum have? - ANSWER -frontal, parietal, temporal,
occipital
Which lobe has largest amount of association cortex? - ANSWER -frontal lobe
The primary visual cortext is also known as brodmanns area - ANSWER -#17
What is brodmanns area #4? - ANSWER -primary motor cortex
Brockas area is brodmanns area - ANSWER -#44 and #45
What does brockas aphagia mean - ANSWER -expressive aphagia- difficulty speaking
warnekeyes area Is brodmanns area - ANSWER -#22
, What does warnekeys aphasia mean? - ANSWER -Receptive aphasia- day of the week
is red. Difficulty comprehending speech
Brokas area and warnekeys area is on the - ANSWER -left hemisphere
What lobe is brokas are located - ANSWER -left frontal lobe
What lobe is warnekeys area located - ANSWER -left temporal and parietal lobes
What side of your brain is more dominant - ANSWER -left
Rostral to the midbrain is the - ANSWER -cerebrum
During development the CNS arises from the sheath that folds over to form the -
ANSWER -neural tube
What structure does the telecephalon contain - ANSWER -cerebral hemispheres
cerebral cortex
white matter
basal ganglia
basal nuceli
The diencephalon is composed of what structures - ANSWER -hypothalamus
epithalamus
thalamus
The mecencephalon is known as what - ANSWER -midbrain
The metacephalon Is made up of what 2 structures - ANSWER -cerebellum and pons
Gray matter is composed of what - ANSWER -nuclei
White matter is composed of what - ANSWER -tracts
What is a collection of cell bodies of neurons associated with the PNS - ANSWER -
ganglion
You ask your patient to stick out their tongue and move it right to left to see deviation.
What cranial nerve are your testing for - ANSWER -12 hypoglossal
How can you test for cranial nerve 1 - ANSWER -smell something, eyes are closed
When a patient cannot pout his lips what cranial nerve is involved - ANSWER -#7 facial
When performing the h and x task, which cranial nerves are you testing for - ANSWER -
3,4,6
