2nd semester: Higher center I & II Flashcards
UNIT TEST
Which structure of the cortices is concerned with mental rehearsal of a planned movement?
Supplemental motor cortex area
A patient had sacral cord injury after a vehicular accident, the expected problem/s is/are affecting ____
reflex micturition and defecation
Which of the following is responsible for feed-forward regulation of motor activity?
Cerebellum
What activity of the human body is NOT directly affected by the hypothalamus?
Activity of the voluntary striated muscles
Agents capable of making persons forget all their problems, do everything they want to do, always happy and exhibiting no inhibition are capable of ____
Increasing secretion of dopamine activating D3 receptors
A lesion in the _____ will lead to a motor difficulty in word formation and expression.
Inferior frontal gyrus
A lesion in the lateral side of the cervical spinal cord will manifest with which of the following?
Loss of sensation in the gluteal area
TRUE of dominant/categorical hemisphere
Academic excellence, Calculation, Language comprehension
Regulation of autonomic nervous system is a function of the _______
Hypothalamus
An embolus on the right middle cerebral artery will result in paralysis of the _____________
left lower face and left upper body
A president of a well-known company suffered severe head injury in a freak accident. Employees of the company noticed changes in the behaviour/attitude of the president like indecisiveness, becoming immoral and does not care anymore about the future of the company. The head injury could have markedly affected the __________
pre-frontal cortex
When Brodmann’s area 18 and 19 are damaged, one is ________
able to see but not able to describe the object\
I see what?
A CNS lesion affecting the midbrain could lead to development of problems associated with _________
pupillary reflexes
Astereognosis is associated with a lesion located in the _____ lobe
parietal lobe
Dopamine receptors associated with a decrease in cAMP EXCEPT
D1
Generally a lesion in the medial ventral portion of the medulla oblongata will manifest with which of the following?
Deviation of the tongue ipsilateral to the lesion upon protrusion
The coordination of head in relation to the trunk is a function of which part of the cerebellum?
vermis
A tumor compressed the medial side of the lower pons extending laterally. Which of the following will be a manifestation?
(-) Corneal – Blink reflex
These thalamic nuclei are associated with the activity of CN V.
Ventro-posteromedial
Which of the following is the function of the corpus striatum?
Inhibition or facilitation of a planned motor activity
A patient who presents with ataxia may have lesion located in the _____
cerebellum
A lesion in the _____ leads to hyporeflexia
lower motor neuron deficit
hyperreflexia = upper motor neuron lesions
The brain meninges directly in close contact with the blood vessels and the brain tissue
pia mater
Which of the following controls the speed of body movement?
Basal ganglia
