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PNB 2274 Exam 3 – Chen Practice
Questions and Answers
Which ascending tract of the spinal cord carries the sensations for fine touch and vibration to the brain?
medial and lateral pathways
anterolateral pathway
posterior column pathway
corticospinal pathway - Ans:✔✔-posterior column pathway
The primary somatosensory cortex is part of the
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
Insula
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Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe - Ans:✔✔-parietal lobe
Match each fiber to its correct type:
1 Corpus Callosum
2 Internal Capsule
3 Arcuate Fasciculus - Ans:✔✔-Corpus Callosum - Commisural
Internal Capsule - Projection
Arcuate Fasciculus - Association
Which is NOT a function of the blood-brain barrier?
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It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to drugs
It protects brain neurons from exposure to abnormal ion levels
It prevents nicotine and alcohol from entering brain interstitial fluid
It protects brain neurons from exposure to abnormal hormone levels
It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to waste products in the blood - Ans:✔✔-It prevents
nicotine and alcohol from entering brain interstitial fluid
these are fat soluble substances that cross BBB through passive diffusion
how are glucose and amino acids transported across the BBB? - Ans:✔✔-active transport
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how does penicillin cross the BBB? - Ans:✔✔-water soluble substance which has difficulty getting
through
Which of the cerebral lobes is the center for personality, hypothesis generation, verbal communication,
and the voluntary control of skeletal muscles?
temporal
parietal
occipital
frontal - Ans:✔✔-frontal
A neurovascular unit includes (choose all that apply)
Endothelial cells
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
PNB 2274 Exam 3 – Chen Practice
Questions and Answers
Which ascending tract of the spinal cord carries the sensations for fine touch and vibration to the brain?
medial and lateral pathways
anterolateral pathway
posterior column pathway
corticospinal pathway - Ans:✔✔-posterior column pathway
The primary somatosensory cortex is part of the
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
Insula
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Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe - Ans:✔✔-parietal lobe
Match each fiber to its correct type:
1 Corpus Callosum
2 Internal Capsule
3 Arcuate Fasciculus - Ans:✔✔-Corpus Callosum - Commisural
Internal Capsule - Projection
Arcuate Fasciculus - Association
Which is NOT a function of the blood-brain barrier?
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It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to drugs
It protects brain neurons from exposure to abnormal ion levels
It prevents nicotine and alcohol from entering brain interstitial fluid
It protects brain neurons from exposure to abnormal hormone levels
It prevents brain neurons from being exposed to waste products in the blood - Ans:✔✔-It prevents
nicotine and alcohol from entering brain interstitial fluid
these are fat soluble substances that cross BBB through passive diffusion
how are glucose and amino acids transported across the BBB? - Ans:✔✔-active transport
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how does penicillin cross the BBB? - Ans:✔✔-water soluble substance which has difficulty getting
through
Which of the cerebral lobes is the center for personality, hypothesis generation, verbal communication,
and the voluntary control of skeletal muscles?
temporal
parietal
occipital
frontal - Ans:✔✔-frontal
A neurovascular unit includes (choose all that apply)
Endothelial cells
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