NEUROANATOMY
1. The following statements concerning the thalamus are correct except:
a) It is the largest part of the diencephalons and serves as a relay station to all
the main sensory tracts (except the olfactory pathway)
b) It is separated from the lentiform nucleus by the internal capsule
c) It forms the anterior boundary of the interventricular foramen
d) It may be joined to the thalamus on the opposite side
e) The gray matter of the thalamus is divided by a vertical sheet of white
matter called the internal medullary lamina
2. Which of the following statement is (are) correct concerning the third cranial
nerve nuclei?
a) The oculomotor nucleus is situated in the central gray matter
b) The parasympathetic part of the oculomotor nucleus is called the Edinger-
Westphal nucleus
c) The fibers from the oculomotor nucleus pass through the red nucleus
d) The oculomotor nucleus lies just posterior to the medial longitudinal
fasciculus
e) All of the above
3. Which of the following statement is incorrect concerning the internal structure
of the midbrain?
a) The tectum is the part posterior to the cerebral aqueduct
b) The crus cerebri on each side lies anterior to the substantia nigra
c) The tegmentum lies posterior to the substantia nigra
d) The central gray matter encircles the red nuclei
4. Which of the following does not match between an artery and its branch?
a) Internal carotid/ posterior communicating
b) Basilar/ posterior inferior cerebellar
c) Vertebral/ anterior spinal
d) Anterior cerebral/ anterior communicating
e) Ophthalmic/ anterior ethmoidal
5. The _______ of the spinal nerve contains both motor and sensory fibers:
a) Anterior ramus
b) Posterior ramus
c) Main trunk
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
6. Concerning the middle cerebral artery:
a) It supplies the auditory area
b) One of its branches is called the artery of cerebral haemorrhage
c) Supplies the motor and sensory areas of the whole body
d) All of the above
e) A and B only
, 7. Concerning the central sulcus of the cerebral hemisphere, select the incorrect
statement:
a) It is one of the two major sulci found on the lateral surface
b) It is also called the fissure of Sylvius
c) It separated the motor from the sensory area
d) It runs from the centre of the upper border to a point above the lateral
fissure
e) It usually extends for some distance on the medial surface
8. The motor area for speech usually lies in which gyrus?
a) Inferior temporal gyrus of the left hemisphere
b) Superior frontal gyrus of the right hemisphere
c) Inferior frontal gyrus of the right hemisphere
d) Superior frontal gyrus of the left hemisphere
e) Inferior frontal gyrus of the left hemisphere
9. Select the incorrect statement:
a) When the fetus is three months old the length of the spinal cord is equal to
the length of the vertebral canal
b) At birth the spinal cord reaches the level of the third lumbar vertebra
c) The dura mater end in the second lumbar vertebra
d) As development proceeds the vertebral column grows faster than the spinal
cord
e) The spinal pia mater extends as the filum terminale
10. An epidural hematoma would most likely result from:
a) A tear in the middle meningeal artery due to a fractured parietal bone
b) A tear in a cerebral vein passing from the subarachnoid space into the
superior sagittal sinus
c) An aneurism of the middle cerebral artery
d) An aneurism of the middle cerebral vein
e) A tear in the basilar artery
11. Which of the following is NOT gray matter of the brain:
a) Corpus callosum
b) Cerebellar cortex
c) Basal ganglia
d) Thalamus
e) Mammillary body
12. Which of the following vessels run in the lateral fissure:
a) Middle cerebral artery
b) Anterior cerebral artery
c) Superior cerebellar artery
d) Great cerebral vein of Galen
e) Sterocleidomastoid artery
13. Which of the following is white matter of the brain:
a) Cerebral cortex
b) Cerebellar cortex
c) Corpus callosum
d) Thalamus
e) Lentiform muscles
1. The following statements concerning the thalamus are correct except:
a) It is the largest part of the diencephalons and serves as a relay station to all
the main sensory tracts (except the olfactory pathway)
b) It is separated from the lentiform nucleus by the internal capsule
c) It forms the anterior boundary of the interventricular foramen
d) It may be joined to the thalamus on the opposite side
e) The gray matter of the thalamus is divided by a vertical sheet of white
matter called the internal medullary lamina
2. Which of the following statement is (are) correct concerning the third cranial
nerve nuclei?
a) The oculomotor nucleus is situated in the central gray matter
b) The parasympathetic part of the oculomotor nucleus is called the Edinger-
Westphal nucleus
c) The fibers from the oculomotor nucleus pass through the red nucleus
d) The oculomotor nucleus lies just posterior to the medial longitudinal
fasciculus
e) All of the above
3. Which of the following statement is incorrect concerning the internal structure
of the midbrain?
a) The tectum is the part posterior to the cerebral aqueduct
b) The crus cerebri on each side lies anterior to the substantia nigra
c) The tegmentum lies posterior to the substantia nigra
d) The central gray matter encircles the red nuclei
4. Which of the following does not match between an artery and its branch?
a) Internal carotid/ posterior communicating
b) Basilar/ posterior inferior cerebellar
c) Vertebral/ anterior spinal
d) Anterior cerebral/ anterior communicating
e) Ophthalmic/ anterior ethmoidal
5. The _______ of the spinal nerve contains both motor and sensory fibers:
a) Anterior ramus
b) Posterior ramus
c) Main trunk
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
6. Concerning the middle cerebral artery:
a) It supplies the auditory area
b) One of its branches is called the artery of cerebral haemorrhage
c) Supplies the motor and sensory areas of the whole body
d) All of the above
e) A and B only
, 7. Concerning the central sulcus of the cerebral hemisphere, select the incorrect
statement:
a) It is one of the two major sulci found on the lateral surface
b) It is also called the fissure of Sylvius
c) It separated the motor from the sensory area
d) It runs from the centre of the upper border to a point above the lateral
fissure
e) It usually extends for some distance on the medial surface
8. The motor area for speech usually lies in which gyrus?
a) Inferior temporal gyrus of the left hemisphere
b) Superior frontal gyrus of the right hemisphere
c) Inferior frontal gyrus of the right hemisphere
d) Superior frontal gyrus of the left hemisphere
e) Inferior frontal gyrus of the left hemisphere
9. Select the incorrect statement:
a) When the fetus is three months old the length of the spinal cord is equal to
the length of the vertebral canal
b) At birth the spinal cord reaches the level of the third lumbar vertebra
c) The dura mater end in the second lumbar vertebra
d) As development proceeds the vertebral column grows faster than the spinal
cord
e) The spinal pia mater extends as the filum terminale
10. An epidural hematoma would most likely result from:
a) A tear in the middle meningeal artery due to a fractured parietal bone
b) A tear in a cerebral vein passing from the subarachnoid space into the
superior sagittal sinus
c) An aneurism of the middle cerebral artery
d) An aneurism of the middle cerebral vein
e) A tear in the basilar artery
11. Which of the following is NOT gray matter of the brain:
a) Corpus callosum
b) Cerebellar cortex
c) Basal ganglia
d) Thalamus
e) Mammillary body
12. Which of the following vessels run in the lateral fissure:
a) Middle cerebral artery
b) Anterior cerebral artery
c) Superior cerebellar artery
d) Great cerebral vein of Galen
e) Sterocleidomastoid artery
13. Which of the following is white matter of the brain:
a) Cerebral cortex
b) Cerebellar cortex
c) Corpus callosum
d) Thalamus
e) Lentiform muscles
