Control Week 1 MCQs

Question 1

Which arteries supply the corpus callosum?

Answer 1

ACA

Question 2

A surgeon removes part of the temporal bone to clip a superficial artery which is dilated. The artery is most likely to originate from the…?

Answer 2

Middle cerebral

Question 3

The anterior spinal artery is a branch off which artery?

Answer 3

Vertebral

Question 4

The basilar artery bifurcates at the junction between the:

Answer 4

Pons and midbrain

Question 5

From superficial to deep the brain is surrounded by:

Answer 5

dura mater, arachnoid mater, subarachnoid space, pia mater

Question 6

The dural fold that passes between the cerebellum and the cerebrum is called the:

Answer 6

Tentorium cerebelli

Question 7

Which artery supplies the medial surface of the temporal lobe?

Answer 7

Middle cerebral

Question 8

Which dural venous sinus is located within the inferior edge of the falx cerebri?

Answer 8

Inferior sagittal sinus

Question 9

Which pair of arteries enter the skull via the foramen magnum?

Answer 9

Vertebral

Question 10

Which two arteries are connected via the posterior communicating artery?

Answer 10

Posterior and middle cerebral

Question 11

Which secondary brain vesicle includes the pons and cerebellum?

Answer 11

Metencephalon

Question 12

Which sulcus separates the two cerebral hemispheres?

Answer 12

Great longitudinal sulcus/fissure

Question 13

Congenital narrowing (stenosis) of the cerebral aqueduct leads to expansion of

Answer 13

both lateral ventricles and the third ventricle

Question 14

The forebrain is comprised of which regions of the brain?

Answer 14

Cerebral hemispheres and diencephalon

Question 15

The primary motor and primary sensory cortex are found either side of the:

Answer 15

Central sulcus

Question 16

Which bones converge at the Pterion?

Answer 16

Frontal

Parietal

Temporal

Sphenoid