LECTURE 3

Question 0

What will happen if the cerebrospinal fluid cannot drain?

Answer 0

Hydrocephalus

Buildup of pressure on the brain

Question 1

What would it look like if the neural tube did not close completely?

Answer 1

Spina bifida

• tissue protrudes through open spine
• neural tissue destroyed

Question 2

Where in the spine is the best place to do a spinal tap to collect CSF?

Answer 2

Lumbar

Question 3

The poliovirus destroys ventral horn neurons what functions would it disrupt?

Answer 3

Poliomyelitis
Loss of motor neurons
Can cause death

Question 4

One functional center found within the medulla oblongata is a respiratory center involved in the control of the rate and depth of breathing
A) true
B) false

Answer 4

A) true

Question 5

What might disturbances to the reticular activating system do?

Answer 5

Severe injury: coma
Narcolepsy
Chronic daytime sleepiness
Cataplexy sudden muscular weakness

Question 6

Parkinson disease

Answer 6

Too little basal ganglia activity. Trouble initiating movements

Question 7

Hunting tons disease

Answer 7

Too much basal ganglia activity initiates unnecessary, unwanted movements

Question 8

The brain area that regulated activities that control the state of wakefulness or alertness of the cerebral cortex is the 
A) thalamus
B) limbic system
C) reticular formation 
D) pyramids

Answer 8

C) reticular formation

Question 9

\_\_\_\_\_ causes a person to lapse abruptly into REM sleep from the awake state
A) sleep apnea
B) epilepsy 
C) narcolepsy
D) syncope

Answer 9

C) narcolepsy

Question 10

Which meninx is a delicate connective tissue membrane that clings tightly to the brain like cellophane wrap following it's every convolution
A) periosteal layer of the dura mater
B) pia mater
C) arachnoid mater
D) meningeal layer of the dura mater

Answer 10

B) pia mater

Question 11

\_\_\_ forms a liquid cushion for CNS structures
A) the pia mater
B) cerebrospinal fluid
C) the dura mater
D) the blood-brain barrier

Answer 11

B) cerebrospinal fluid

Question 12

The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges?
A) arachnoid and dura 
B) arachnoid and epidura
C) arachnoid and pia
D) dura and epidura

Answer 12

C) arachnoid and pia

Question 13

At age 79, mrs. X is diagnosed with a disorder that severely impairs her logical judgement medics imaging techniques show that thus has been most likely caused by brain damage in a \_\_\_\_
A) parietal lobe
B) frontal lobe
C) temporal lobe
D) premotor cortex

Answer 13

B) frontal lobe

Question 14

A patient reports great she has become completely deaf she can’t hear anything through tests on her ears have not been damaged additional tests reveal that her deafness has been caused by damage to her___
A) primary somatosensory cortex
B) auditory association area
C) somatosensory association cortex
D) none of the listed responses is correct

Answer 14

D) none of the listed responses is correct

Question 15

Auditory assassination nerve

Answer 15

Understand

Question 16

Primary somatosensory cortex

Answer 16

Perceive general sensory input

Question 17

Somatosensory association cortex

Answer 17

Touch memory

Question 18

Which of the following hypothalamic control centers could you predict is the least important for survival
A) suprachiasmatic nucleus 
B) autonomic control center
C) temperature control center
D) thirst center

Answer 18

A) suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 19

Which part of the brain is the "executive suite" for all brain activity.
A) cerebral cortex
B) cerebellum
C) brain stem
D) diencephalon

Answer 19

A) cerebral cortex

Question 20

Which parts of the brain constitute the “emotional brain” known as the limbic system
A) diencephalic and mesencephalic structures
B) cerebral and diencephalic structures
C) diencephalic and brain stem structures
D) cerebral and brain stem structures

Answer 20

B) cerebral and diencephalic structures

Question 21

The primary auditory cortex is located in the\_\_\_
A) temporal lobe 
B) parietal lobe
C) prefrontal lobe
D) frontal lobe

Answer 21

A) temporal lobe

Question 22

What cells line the ventricles of the brain
A) epithelial cells
B) ependymal cells
C) astrocytes
D) neurons

Answer 22

B) ependymal cells