Mid-Term Test

Question 1

Answer 1

corpus callosum

Question 2

Answer 2

cerebellum

Question 3

Answer 3

thalamus

Question 4

Answer 4

4th ventricle

Question 5

Answer 5

posterior horn of the lateral ventricle

Question 6

Answer 6

tentorium cerebelli

Question 7

Answer 7

caudate nucleus

Question 7

Answer 7

longitudinal fissure
falx cerebri

Question 8

Answer 8

choroid plexus

Question 9

Answer 9

insula
insular lobe

Question 10

Answer 10

temporal lob

Question 11

Answer 11

basilar artery

Question 12

Answer 12

sigmoid sinus

Question 13

Answer 13

superior sagittal sinus

Question 14

Answer 14

posterior cerebral artery

Question 15

Answer 15

anterior cerebral artery

Question 16

Answer 16

transverse foramina
vertebral artery

Question 17

Answer 17

dens
odontoid process

Question 18

Answer 18

spinous process

Question 19

Answer 19

transverse process

Question 20

Answer 20

spinal cord

Question 21

Answer 21

sacral foramina

Question 22

Answer 22

intervertebral disk

Question 23

Answer 23

dural cistern
cisterna magnum

Question 24

Answer 24

3rd cervical vertebra
3rd vertebral body

Question 25

Answer 25

vertebral artery

Question 26

Answer 26

ligamentum flava

Question 27

Answer 27

psoas muscle

Question 28

Answer 28

lamina

Question 29

Answer 29

trapezius muscle

Question 30

List the missing common plane used in sectional imaging – sagittal, oblique, axial, _______.

Answer 30

coronal

Question 31

Briefly describe the difference between an axial and helical imaging method in CT.

Answer 31

Axial scanning is one slice at a time. Helical scanning is a volume of anatomy scanned, secondarily reconstructed into slices with post-processing.

Question 32

When completing a general study in MRI, the signal from which element is collected?

Answer 32

hydrogen

Question 33

What is generally used to create the echo in ultrasound imaging?

Answer 33

sounds waves

Question 34

What type of signal is detected from the radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine?

Answer 34

gamma rays

Question 35

What compound is specific to image generation with PET imaging?

Answer 35

glucose

Question 36

What is the name of the structures through which CSF will pass from the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle?

Answer 36

Foramen of Monro
interventricular foramen

Question 37

Which basal ganglia is missing from this list? caudate nucleus, lentiform nucleus, _________.

Answer 37

claustrum

Question 38

What is the name of the dural sinus that carries venous blood from the confluence of sinuses to the sigmoid sinuses?

Answer 38

transverse sinus

Question 39

What is the name of the 3 structures that form the brainstem?

Answer 39

midbrain, pons, medullar oblongata

Question 40

What is the name of the second cranial nerve?

Answer 40

optic nerve

Question 41

What are the names for the three meningeal layers?

Answer 41

dura mater, arachnoid membrane, pia mater

Question 42

Which two segments of the vertebral column have lordotic curvature?

Answer 42

cervical and lumbar

Question 43

What do the cervical and brachial nerve plexuses innervate in general?

Answer 43

the neck and shoulder

Question 43

Describe the general position of the gray and white matter within the spinal cord compared to the cerebral cortex.

Answer 43

The grey matter is found within the central region of the spinal cord and the white matter surrounds it. The cerebral cortex has grey matter on the external regions with white matter medial for relay of stimulus.

Question 44

From which arteries do the vertebral arteries arise from?

Answer 44

right and left subclavian arteries

Question 45

How many spinal nerves pairs are there?

Answer 45

31

Question 46

All of the following are a general characteristic of a cervical vertebra EXCEPT:

Answer 46

Question 47

Briefly describe what it means to decrease slice thickness for sectional imaging.

Answer 47

Increase the number of slices taken from a specific region of anatomy; decrease the thickness of anatomy included within a slice

Question 48

Which vessel connects the anterior cerebral arteries in the Circle of Willis?

Answer 48

anterior communicating artery