CSD 210 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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A lesion in the occipital lobe would result in ____ deficits
a. visual
b. auditory
c. motor speech
d. cognitive
e. none of the above
a. visual
A lesion to the structure indicated by the arrow would cause problems with what
function? (picture of colorful brain, pointing to pink)
a. cognition
b. movement on the right side of the body
c. movement on the left side of the body
d. sensation on the right side of the body
. sensation on the left side of the body
b. movement on the right side of the body
The largest commissural fiber tract is the:
a. internal capsule
b. corpus callosum
c. anterior commissure
d. posterior commissure
e. none of the above
b. corpus callosum
The cerebral cortex is ______ to the thalamus.
a. superficial
b. deep
c. rostral
d. caudal
e. anterior
a. superficial
The primary somatosensory area is in the:
a. frontal lobe
b. parietal lobe
c. occipital lobe
,d. temporal lobe
e. limbic lobe
b. parietal lobe
The major sensory relay structure in the brain is the:
a. thalamus
b. hypothalamus
c. caudate nucleus
d. globus pallidus
e. cerebellum
a. thalamus
The part of the neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body is called the:
a. Dendrite
b. Soma
c. Myelin
d. Synapse
e. Axon
e. axon
The sympathetic nervous system restores homeostasis to the body by
conserving energy:
a. true
b. false
FALSE
A group of cell bodies within the central nervous system is called a ganglion.
a. true
b. false
FALSE
The sulcus limitans marks the division of the basal and alar plates in the neural
tube. Functionally, derivatives of the basal plate are ____________ while
derivatives of the alar plate are ___________.
a. Cortex; spinal cord
b. Motor: sensory
c. Cortex; ventricles
d. Sensory; motor
e. Gray matter; white matter
b. Motor: sensory
The nervous system arises from which dermal layer?
a. Endoderm
b. Mesoderm
c. ectoderm
, d. neuropores
e. neural crest cells
c. ectoderm
Failure of the rostral neuropore to close during development results in what
condition?
a. Hydrocephalus
b. Anencephaly
c. Craniofacial anomalies
d. Spina bifida
e. Nothing; neuropores do not close
anencephaly
The glial cells responsible for production of cerebral spinal fluid are called:
a. ependymal
b. astrocytes
c. oligodendrocytes
d. microglia
e. none of the above
Epndymal
The tearing of a meningeal artery would cause a:
a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. epidural hematoma
c. subdural hematoma
d. meningitis
e. none of the above
Epidural hematoma
The thickest meningeal layer that is apposed directly to skull tissue is:
a. dura mater
b. arachnoid mater
c. pia ater
d. arachnoid villi
e. arachnoid Trabeculae
Dura Mater
The structure that connects the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle is the:
a. Choroid Plexus
b. Dural Sinus
c. Medial Aperture
d. Cerebral Aqueduct
e. Interventricular Foramen
interventricular Foramen
Connective Tissue, bones, and muscles develop from the mesoderm:
LATEST UPDATE
A lesion in the occipital lobe would result in ____ deficits
a. visual
b. auditory
c. motor speech
d. cognitive
e. none of the above
a. visual
A lesion to the structure indicated by the arrow would cause problems with what
function? (picture of colorful brain, pointing to pink)
a. cognition
b. movement on the right side of the body
c. movement on the left side of the body
d. sensation on the right side of the body
. sensation on the left side of the body
b. movement on the right side of the body
The largest commissural fiber tract is the:
a. internal capsule
b. corpus callosum
c. anterior commissure
d. posterior commissure
e. none of the above
b. corpus callosum
The cerebral cortex is ______ to the thalamus.
a. superficial
b. deep
c. rostral
d. caudal
e. anterior
a. superficial
The primary somatosensory area is in the:
a. frontal lobe
b. parietal lobe
c. occipital lobe
,d. temporal lobe
e. limbic lobe
b. parietal lobe
The major sensory relay structure in the brain is the:
a. thalamus
b. hypothalamus
c. caudate nucleus
d. globus pallidus
e. cerebellum
a. thalamus
The part of the neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body is called the:
a. Dendrite
b. Soma
c. Myelin
d. Synapse
e. Axon
e. axon
The sympathetic nervous system restores homeostasis to the body by
conserving energy:
a. true
b. false
FALSE
A group of cell bodies within the central nervous system is called a ganglion.
a. true
b. false
FALSE
The sulcus limitans marks the division of the basal and alar plates in the neural
tube. Functionally, derivatives of the basal plate are ____________ while
derivatives of the alar plate are ___________.
a. Cortex; spinal cord
b. Motor: sensory
c. Cortex; ventricles
d. Sensory; motor
e. Gray matter; white matter
b. Motor: sensory
The nervous system arises from which dermal layer?
a. Endoderm
b. Mesoderm
c. ectoderm
, d. neuropores
e. neural crest cells
c. ectoderm
Failure of the rostral neuropore to close during development results in what
condition?
a. Hydrocephalus
b. Anencephaly
c. Craniofacial anomalies
d. Spina bifida
e. Nothing; neuropores do not close
anencephaly
The glial cells responsible for production of cerebral spinal fluid are called:
a. ependymal
b. astrocytes
c. oligodendrocytes
d. microglia
e. none of the above
Epndymal
The tearing of a meningeal artery would cause a:
a. subarachnoid hemorrhage
b. epidural hematoma
c. subdural hematoma
d. meningitis
e. none of the above
Epidural hematoma
The thickest meningeal layer that is apposed directly to skull tissue is:
a. dura mater
b. arachnoid mater
c. pia ater
d. arachnoid villi
e. arachnoid Trabeculae
Dura Mater
The structure that connects the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle is the:
a. Choroid Plexus
b. Dural Sinus
c. Medial Aperture
d. Cerebral Aqueduct
e. Interventricular Foramen
interventricular Foramen
Connective Tissue, bones, and muscles develop from the mesoderm:
