2nd semester: Higher center I & II

Question 1

Which structure of the cortices is concerned with mental rehearsal of a planned movement?

Answer 1

Supplemental motor cortex area

Question 2

A patient had sacral cord injury after a vehicular accident, the expected problem/s is/are affecting ____

Answer 2

reflex micturition and defecation

Question 3

Which of the following is responsible for feed-forward regulation of motor activity?

Answer 3

Cerebellum

Question 4

What activity of the human body is NOT directly affected by the hypothalamus?

Answer 4

Activity of the voluntary striated muscles

Question 5

Agents capable of making persons forget all their problems, do everything they want to do, always happy and exhibiting no inhibition are capable of ____

Answer 5

Increasing secretion of dopamine activating D3 receptors

Question 6

A lesion in the _____ will lead to a motor difficulty in word formation and expression.

Answer 6

Inferior frontal gyrus

Question 7

A lesion in the lateral side of the cervical spinal cord will manifest with which of the following?

Answer 7

Loss of sensation in the gluteal area

Question 8

TRUE of dominant/categorical hemisphere

Answer 8

Academic excellence, Calculation, Language comprehension

Question 9

Regulation of autonomic nervous system is a function of the _______

Answer 9

Hypothalamus

Question 10

An embolus on the right middle cerebral artery will result in paralysis of the _____________

Answer 10

left lower face and left upper body

Question 11

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 __________

Answer 11

pre-frontal cortex

Question 12

When Brodmann’s area 18 and 19 are damaged, one is ________

Answer 12

able to see but not able to describe the object\

I see what?

Question 13

A CNS lesion affecting the midbrain could lead to development of problems associated with _________

Answer 13

pupillary reflexes

Question 14

Astereognosis is associated with a lesion located in the _____ lobe

Answer 14

parietal lobe

Question 15

Dopamine receptors associated with a decrease in cAMP EXCEPT

Answer 15

D1

Question 16

Generally a lesion in the medial ventral portion of the medulla oblongata will manifest with which of the following?

Answer 16

Deviation of the tongue ipsilateral to the lesion upon protrusion

Question 17

The coordination of head in relation to the trunk is a function of which part of the cerebellum?

Answer 17

vermis

Question 18

A tumor compressed the medial side of the lower pons extending laterally. Which of the following will be a manifestation?

Answer 18

(-) Corneal – Blink reflex

Question 19

These thalamic nuclei are associated with the activity of CN V.

Answer 19

Ventro-posteromedial

Question 20

Which of the following is the function of the corpus striatum?

Answer 20

Inhibition or facilitation of a planned motor activity

Question 21

A patient who presents with ataxia may have lesion located in the _____

Answer 21

cerebellum

Question 22

A lesion in the _____ leads to hyporeflexia

Answer 22

lower motor neuron deficit

hyperreflexia = upper motor neuron lesions

Question 23

The brain meninges directly in close contact with the blood vessels and the brain tissue

Answer 23

pia mater

Question 24

Which of the following controls the speed of body movement?

Answer 24

Basal ganglia

Question 25

Anesthesia to the face means there is a lesion to a brain structure derived from ______

Answer 25

mesencephalon

Question 26

Which sensory pathway is NOT using the thalamus as a relay station?

Answer 26

Olfactory pathway

Question 27

The main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord is ________

Answer 27

glycine

Question 28

Parkinson’s Disease is mainly due to degeneration of neurons found in the _____.

Answer 28

substantia nigra

Question 29

A large part of the anterior region of the brain is supplied by the

Answer 29

internal carotid artery

Question 30

Expressive aphasia is observed if there is an injury affecting the ____________.

Answer 30

inferior frontal gyrus