EXAM 2: BIOS252 / BIOS 252 (LATEST UPDATE ) CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM| REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS |
100% CORRECT | GRADE A – CHAMBERLAIN
What does the spinal cord pass through?
A. Foramen ovale
B. Foramen magnum
C. Foramen rotundum
D. Foramen spinosum -
E. Answer-B. Foramen magnum
Which is not considered a region of the spinal cord?
A. Thoracic
B. Cervical
C. Lumbar
D. Pelvic -
E. Answer-D. Pelvic
Concerning the spinal cord, where is the epidural space?
A. Between the two layers of the dura
B. External to the dura mater
C. Between the arachnoid and dura maters
D. Between the arachnoid and pia maters -
E. Answer-B. External to the dura mater
Which of the following is not considered a spinal meninge?
A. Dura mater
B. Arachnoid mater
C. Vertebral mater
D. Pia mater -
E. Answer-C. Vertebral mater
Concerning the spinal cord, the subdural space is a real space in which the CSF
circulates.
A. True
B. False -
C. Answer-B. False
The bundle of nerves inferior to the conus medullaris of the spinal cord is called
what?
A. Cauda equina
B. Posterior median sulcus
C. Lumbar enlargement
D. Cervical enlargement -
E. Answer-A. Cauda equina
What is the filum terminale formed from?
A. Dura mater
B. Arachnoid mater
,C. Pia mater
D. Spinal nerves -
E. Answer-C. Pia mater
, In which segment of the spinal cord can we find the lateral horn?
A. Cranial
B. Thoracic
C. Coccygeal
D. Cervical -
E. Answer-B. Thoracic
The tapered inferior end of the spinal cord forms what?
A. Conus medullaris
B. Cauda equina
C. Filum terminale
D. Denticulate ligaments -
E. Answer-A. Conus medullaris
In the spinal cord, nerve tracts or funiculi make up what?
A. Central canal
B. Gray horns
C. Gray commissure
D. White columns -
E. Answer-D. White columns
Sensory information from proprioceptors about joint and muscle positions is
carried to the brain by what?
A. Reticulospinal tract
B. Anterolateral system (spinothalamic tracts)
C. Vestibulospinal tract
D. Spinocerebellar tracts -
E. Answer-D. Spinocerebellar tracts
Jessica (she/her) sustained damage to her spinal cord in a car accident. She has
no difficulty moving her arm but has lost some sensation in her arm. What part of
her spinal cord must have been injured?
A. Lateral horn of spinal gray matter
B. Posterior horn of spinal gray matter
C. Corticospinal tract of spinal white matter
D. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter -
E. Answer-B. Posterior horn of spinal gray matter
Where are the cell bodies of lower motor neurons (LMN) located?
A. Motor area of the cerebral cortex
B. Brainstem
C. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter
D. Dorsal horn of spinal gray matter -
E. Answer-C. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter
Gary (he/him) experienced damage to a sensory neuron in the peripheral nervous
system. Which neuron sustained damage?
A. Third-order neuron
B. First-order neuron
C. Second-order neuron
D. Interneuron -
NERVOUS SYSTEM| REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS |
100% CORRECT | GRADE A – CHAMBERLAIN
What does the spinal cord pass through?
A. Foramen ovale
B. Foramen magnum
C. Foramen rotundum
D. Foramen spinosum -
E. Answer-B. Foramen magnum
Which is not considered a region of the spinal cord?
A. Thoracic
B. Cervical
C. Lumbar
D. Pelvic -
E. Answer-D. Pelvic
Concerning the spinal cord, where is the epidural space?
A. Between the two layers of the dura
B. External to the dura mater
C. Between the arachnoid and dura maters
D. Between the arachnoid and pia maters -
E. Answer-B. External to the dura mater
Which of the following is not considered a spinal meninge?
A. Dura mater
B. Arachnoid mater
C. Vertebral mater
D. Pia mater -
E. Answer-C. Vertebral mater
Concerning the spinal cord, the subdural space is a real space in which the CSF
circulates.
A. True
B. False -
C. Answer-B. False
The bundle of nerves inferior to the conus medullaris of the spinal cord is called
what?
A. Cauda equina
B. Posterior median sulcus
C. Lumbar enlargement
D. Cervical enlargement -
E. Answer-A. Cauda equina
What is the filum terminale formed from?
A. Dura mater
B. Arachnoid mater
,C. Pia mater
D. Spinal nerves -
E. Answer-C. Pia mater
, In which segment of the spinal cord can we find the lateral horn?
A. Cranial
B. Thoracic
C. Coccygeal
D. Cervical -
E. Answer-B. Thoracic
The tapered inferior end of the spinal cord forms what?
A. Conus medullaris
B. Cauda equina
C. Filum terminale
D. Denticulate ligaments -
E. Answer-A. Conus medullaris
In the spinal cord, nerve tracts or funiculi make up what?
A. Central canal
B. Gray horns
C. Gray commissure
D. White columns -
E. Answer-D. White columns
Sensory information from proprioceptors about joint and muscle positions is
carried to the brain by what?
A. Reticulospinal tract
B. Anterolateral system (spinothalamic tracts)
C. Vestibulospinal tract
D. Spinocerebellar tracts -
E. Answer-D. Spinocerebellar tracts
Jessica (she/her) sustained damage to her spinal cord in a car accident. She has
no difficulty moving her arm but has lost some sensation in her arm. What part of
her spinal cord must have been injured?
A. Lateral horn of spinal gray matter
B. Posterior horn of spinal gray matter
C. Corticospinal tract of spinal white matter
D. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter -
E. Answer-B. Posterior horn of spinal gray matter
Where are the cell bodies of lower motor neurons (LMN) located?
A. Motor area of the cerebral cortex
B. Brainstem
C. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter
D. Dorsal horn of spinal gray matter -
E. Answer-C. Anterior horn of spinal gray matter
Gary (he/him) experienced damage to a sensory neuron in the peripheral nervous
system. Which neuron sustained damage?
A. Third-order neuron
B. First-order neuron
C. Second-order neuron
D. Interneuron -
