chapter 24-26

Question 1

What part of the brainstem produces acetylcholine?

Answer 1

pedunculopontine nucleus

Question 2

The part of the brainstem that supplies dopamine to cerebral areas involved in motivation decision making is which of the following?

Answer 2

ventral tegmental area

Question 3

Loss of visual stabilization, objects seem to bounce:

Answer 3

Oscillopsia

Question 4

Path of the neural signal for vision passes from the:

Answer 4

optic nerve, optic chiasm, and optic tract

Question 5

What is the purpose of the vestibulo-ocular reflexes?

Answer 5

gaze stabilizing reflex

Question 6

What is the most common symptom of vestibular dysfunction?

Answer 6

diziness

Question 7

These organs contain receptors that respond to head position relative to gravity, and to linear acceleration and deceleration of the head.

Answer 7

semicircular canals, utricle and saccule

Question 8

The four Ds of brainstem region dysfunction are: dysphagia, dysarthria, dysmetria and ________

Answer 8

diplopia

Question 9

Lesions that involve the motor connections from the cortex to the cranial nerves in the brainstem are called:

Answer 9

Corticobulbar Lesions

Question 10

False sense of motion

Answer 10

vertigo