FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Neuropsychology - ANS the scientific study of the relationships between brain function and
behaviour
Brain theory - ANS States that the brain is the source of the behaviour
Neuron theory - ANS The idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron, or
nerve cell
Neuron - ANS A nerve cell that transmits and stores information: the basic unit of the
nervous system; includes the cell body (soma), many processes (dendrites), and an axon.
Brain - ANS The encephalon - forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain - developed from the
anterior part of the embryonic neural tube and the part of the central nervous system
contained within the cranium.
Hemispheres - ANS (half spheres) On the left and right sides of the cerebrum and cerebellum,
either of the pair of structures constituting the telencephalon.
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, Neural tube - ANS The brain's basic plan is that of this tube. It forms the early brain and
spine.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - ANS A clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that
cushions the brain and may play a role in removing metabolic waste. CSF fills the ventricles
inside the brain and circulates around the brain, beneath the arachnoid layer in the
subarachnoid space.
Neocortex - ANS The newest layer of the brain, forming the outer layer, or "new bark"; has
four to six layers of cells; in this book, synonymous with cortex.
Gyrus (gyri pl.) - ANS A convolution (bump) in the neocortex produced by folding.
Sulcus (sulci pl.) - ANS A cleft in the cortex produced by folding.
Longitudinal fissure - ANS A deep cleft that divides the brain's two hemispheres. Also known
as the sagittal fissure.
Lateral fissure - ANS A deep cleft in the cortical surface of the brain that separates the
temporal and parietal lobes. Also called Sylvian fissure.
Corpus callosum - ANS A commissure (fiber system) that connects homotopic areas in the
two hemispheres. A split-brain patient is one whose corpus callosum has been severed.
Temporal lobe - ANS An area of the cortex and connections below the lateral fissure, adjacent
to the temporal bones. The name derives from 'time' because the side of the head is the first to
gray with aging.
Frontal lobe - ANS All the neocortex and connections forward of the central sulcus. Located
at the front of the brain, beneath the frontal bones.
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Neuropsychology - ANS the scientific study of the relationships between brain function and
behaviour
Brain theory - ANS States that the brain is the source of the behaviour
Neuron theory - ANS The idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron, or
nerve cell
Neuron - ANS A nerve cell that transmits and stores information: the basic unit of the
nervous system; includes the cell body (soma), many processes (dendrites), and an axon.
Brain - ANS The encephalon - forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain - developed from the
anterior part of the embryonic neural tube and the part of the central nervous system
contained within the cranium.
Hemispheres - ANS (half spheres) On the left and right sides of the cerebrum and cerebellum,
either of the pair of structures constituting the telencephalon.
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, Neural tube - ANS The brain's basic plan is that of this tube. It forms the early brain and
spine.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - ANS A clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that
cushions the brain and may play a role in removing metabolic waste. CSF fills the ventricles
inside the brain and circulates around the brain, beneath the arachnoid layer in the
subarachnoid space.
Neocortex - ANS The newest layer of the brain, forming the outer layer, or "new bark"; has
four to six layers of cells; in this book, synonymous with cortex.
Gyrus (gyri pl.) - ANS A convolution (bump) in the neocortex produced by folding.
Sulcus (sulci pl.) - ANS A cleft in the cortex produced by folding.
Longitudinal fissure - ANS A deep cleft that divides the brain's two hemispheres. Also known
as the sagittal fissure.
Lateral fissure - ANS A deep cleft in the cortical surface of the brain that separates the
temporal and parietal lobes. Also called Sylvian fissure.
Corpus callosum - ANS A commissure (fiber system) that connects homotopic areas in the
two hemispheres. A split-brain patient is one whose corpus callosum has been severed.
Temporal lobe - ANS An area of the cortex and connections below the lateral fissure, adjacent
to the temporal bones. The name derives from 'time' because the side of the head is the first to
gray with aging.
Frontal lobe - ANS All the neocortex and connections forward of the central sulcus. Located
at the front of the brain, beneath the frontal bones.
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