Neuro 4 Flashcards
The following are tests used to assess dysdiadochokinesia, EXCEPT:
a. Alternate forearm pronation-supination
b. Alternate heel to knee
c. Past pointing
d. None of these
Past pointing
The primary function of the posterior lobe of the cerebellum is:
a. Maintenance of equilibrium
b. Coordination of skilled movement
c. Regulation of muscle tone
d. Maintenance of posture
Coordination of skilled movement
Involuntary, but slower, twisting movements causing transient, odd and unnatural posturing, most evident in distal parts:
a. Tremor
b. Chorea
c. Athetosis
d. Hyperkinesia
e. Hypoclonus
Athetosis
Stimulation of the anterior hypothalamus causes all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. Sweating
b. Increased respiration
c. Cutaneous vasodilatation
d. Shivering
Shivering
Functional limitations observed in patients with cerebellar dysfunction may include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Hypertonicity
b. Dyssynergia
c. Gait ataxia
d. Postural instability
e. Fatiguability and weakness
Hypertonicity
Unusually violent and flinging motions of the limbs:
a. Chorea
b. Spasticity
c. Dystonia
d. Athetosis
e. Hemiballisimus
Hemiballisimus
Controls the rate and depth of respiration.
a. Pneumotaxic
b. Apneustic
c. Dorsal Medulla
d.Ventral medulla
Pneumotaxic
Hemiballismus is a movement disorder involving the
a. Basal ganglia
b. Subthalamic nucleus
c. Posterior limb of internal capsule
d. Corpus callosum
e. Pyramidal tract
Subthalamic nucleus
Which part of the Medulla Oblongata has both Inspiratory and
Expiratory Control?
a. Anterior
b. Dorsal
c. Posterior
d. Ventral
Ventral
Remember: VOTH or VEX
A patient who exhibits a slow, involuntary continuous writhing movements. What area in the brain has a lesion?
a. Cerebral cortex
b. Basal Ganglia
c. Anterior Limb Capsule
d. Putamen
Basal Ganglia
Terminal branches of the basilar artery:
a. Vertebral arteries
b. Superior cerebellar arteries
c. Posterior communicating arteries
d. Paired posterior cerebral arteries
Paired posterior cerebral arteries
This is a syndrome caused by lesions to the thalamus
a. Kluver Bucy
b. Germann’s
c. Rathke
d. Dejerine-Rousy
Dejerine-Rousy
Movement performed in a sequence of component parts rather than a single smooth activity:
a. Dyssynergia
b. Decomposition of movement
c. Rebound phenomenon
d. Both A and B
e. All of these
Both A and B
MOSTLY associated with the activity of the pineal gland?
a. Amygdala
b. Subthalamus
c. Hypothalamus
d. Epithalamus
Epithalamus
The part of the midbrain responsible for visual reflexes:
a. Tegmentum
b. Crus Cerebri
c. Superior Colliculi
d. Inferior Colliculi
e. Substansia Nigra
Superior Colliculi
In the motor homunculus the arms are represented in what part of the cortex:
a. Medial Frontal
b. Medial Parietal
c. Lateral Frontal
d. Lateral Parietal
Lateral Frontal
While you are fast moving vehicle, you saw a familiar face, your head and trunk subsequently moved as you fix gaze upon her. What spinal tract is responsible for this activity?
a. Tectospinal tract
b. Rubrospinal tract
c. Spinocerebellar tract
d. Fasciculus cuneatus
Tectospinal tract
Code: Tecto (teka) lang kilala ko yon
Dysmetria can be best defined as:
a. Sudden jerky movements
b. Inability to perform alternating movements
c. Overshooting the goal
d. Tiring easily
Overshooting the goal
Remember: dysMETRia ay parang meter so problem is sa distance
What part of the hypothalamus is responsible for controlling sympathetic division of the ANS?
a. Suprachiasmatic nucleus
b. Supraoptic nucleus
c. Posterolateral nuclei
d. Preoptic and anterior nuclei
e. Paraventricular nucleus
Posterolateral nuclei
A patient presents with symptoms of uncoordinated eye movements, profound gait and trunk ataxia, and difficulty with postural orientation to vertical. Balance deficits are pronounced in standing with eyes open and eyes closed. Examination of the extremities reveals little change in tone or coordination. The therapist suspects involvement of the:
a. Spinocerebellum
b. Basal ganglia
c. Premotor cortex
d. Vestibulocerebellum
Vestibulocerebellum
Voluntary breathing control resides in the:
a. Cerebellar motor cortex
b. Pons
c. Medulla oblongata
d. Cerebral motor cortex
Cerebral motor cortex
The large part of the anterior region of the brain is supplied by the:
a. Internal carotid artery
b. Vertebral artery
c. External carotid artery
a. Basilar artery
Internal carotid artery
Which of the following is NOT directly regulated by the hypothalamus
a. Temperature regulation
b. Autonomic nervous system
c. Endocrine axis
d. Motor activity
Motor activity
Striatum is composed of which of the following?
a. Caudate and putamen
b. Caudate and globus pallidus
c. Putamen and globus pallidus
d. Globus pallidus
e. None of these
Caudate and putamen
Which sensory pathway is NOT using the thalamus as a relay station?
a. Visual pathway
b. Auditory pathway
c. Olfactory pathway
d. Somatic sensory pathway
Olfactory pathway
Remember: Di dumadaan si olfactory sa thalamus. Diretso na si beh.
Which thalamic nucleus/nuclei will tracts for general senses pass?
a. Ventro-anterior
b. Ventral-lateral
c. All of the above
d. Ventroposterolateral
Ventroposterolateral
Lesion can lead to obesity and hyperphagia
a. Anterior hypothalamus
b. Posterior hypothalamus
c. Ventrolateral nucleus
d. Ventromedial nucleus
Ventromedial nucleus
Which of the following is disrupted after destruction of epithalamus?
a. Maternal behavior
b. Appetite
c. Water regulation
d. Biological rhythm
Biological rhythm
Patient woke up due to progressive weakness of left lower extremities. He most likely damaged his
a. Right medial cerebrum
b. Left lateral cerebrum
c. Medial cerebrum
f. Right lateral cerebrum
Right medial cerebrum
The major vital centers controlling activity of the respiratory as well as the cardiovascular systems are present in the:
a. Midbrain
b. Pons
c. Medulla oblongata
d. Amygdala
Medulla oblongata
Anesthesia to the face means there is a lesion to a brain structure derived from:
a. Myelencephalon
b. Metencephalon
c. Mesencephalon
d. Telencephalon
Metencephalon
Regulation of autonomic nervous system is a function of:
a. Subthalamus
b. Thalamus
c. Hypothalamus
d. Epithalamus
Hypothalamus
Sensory and motor relay to the cerebral cortex
a. Thalamus
b. Spinal cord
c. Basal ganglia
d. Cerebellum
Thalamus
Code: THAch (touch-sensory) and MUve (move-motor)
Which of the following will NOT be seen in a patient with damaged midbrain?
a. Difficulty of initiating movement
b. Bradykinesia
c. Festination
d. Intention tremors
Intention tremors
Resting dapat
The artery involved in wallenburg syndrome:
a. Superior cerebellar artery
b. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery
c. Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
d. Vertebrobasilar artery
e. None of these
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
The first branch of the basilar artery:
a. Superior cerebellar artery
b. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery
c. Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
d. Vertebrobasilar artery
e. None of these
Anterior inferior cerebellar artery
This is an important tiny branch of the internal carotid artery which would differentiate from other stroke with the presence of amaurosis fugax:
a. MCA
b. Ophthalmic artery
c. Ant. Communicating artery
d. Basilar artery
Ophthalmic artery
Amaurosis fugax is blindness
Decerebrate rigidity occurs when the transection is at the:
a. Medulla
b. Cerebellum
c. Pons
d. Midbrain
Midbrain
These neurons carry motor impulses from the brain to the motor neuron in the spinal cord:
a. Interneurom
b. First order neuron
c. Lower motor neuron
d. Upper motor neuron
Upper motor neuron
Brain to spinal cord
A posterior circulation stroke involves the
a. Parietal lobe
b. Frontal lobe
c. Basal ganglia
d. Brainstem
Brainstem
Posterior cerebral artery stroke presents as:
a. Apraxia
b. Aphasia
c. Head turning the lesion
d. Visual impairment
Visual impairment
The MCA supplies the following, except:
a. Lateral parietal
b. Lateral frontal
c. Basal ganglia
d. Medial frontal
e. None of these
Medial frontal
Puro lateral sinusupply ni MCA
What is the first branch of the internal carotid artery?
a. MCA
b. ACA
c. PCA
d. Lenticulostriate artery
e. Ophthalmic artery
Ophthalmic artery
Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation
a. Dyssynergia
b. Asynergia
c. Dysarthria
d. Dysdiadochokinesia
Dysarthria
Remember: dysARTHRIA (articulation)
Branch of the vertebrobasilar artery of the brain:
a. Lenticulostriate artery
b. anterior cerebral artery
c. Internal auditory artery
d. ophthalmic artery
Internal auditory artery
Lenticulostriate artery is a branch of:
a. MCA
b. ACA
c. Middle meningeal artery
d. VBA
MCA
Impulses from spinal cord to the brain is carried by:
a. Second order neuron
b. First order neuron
c. LMN
d. UMN
Second order neuron
Code: SC to brain is second
The following areas of the brain are supplied by the PCA, except:
I. Thalamus
II. Inferior temporal
III. Lateral occipital
IV. Basal ganglia
a. I, II, and IlI
b. Only IV
c. I and III
d. ll and IV
e. All of these
Only IV
The following are branches of the basilar artery, except:
I. PICA
II. AICA
IIl. Opthalmic artery
IV. SCA
a. l, Il, and Ill
b. Only IV
c. l and IlI
d. ll and IV
e. All of these
l and IlI
What artery connects the anterior circulation with posterior circulation of the brain?
a. Anterior communicating artery
b. Posterior communicating artery
c. Posterior cerebral arteries
d. Anterior cerebral arteries
e. Middle cerebral arteries
Posterior communicating artery
