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1
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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

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A

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Dysmetria can be best defined as:
a. Sudden jerky movements
b. Inability to perform alternating movements
C. Overshooting the goal
d. Tiring easily

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C

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3
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What part of the hypothalamus is responsible for
controlling sympathetic division of the ANS?
a.Suprachiasmatic nucleus
b.Supraoptic nucleus - ApH (~1
C.Posterolateral nuclei - o y
d.Preoptic and anterior nuclei
e.Paraventricular nucleus

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C

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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

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D

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5
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Voluntary breathing control resides in the:
A. Cerebellar motor cortex
B. Pons
C. Medulla oblongata
D. Cerebral motor cortex

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D

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6
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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
d.Basilar artery

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A

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7
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Which of the following is NOT directly regulated by the hypothalamus
a. Temperature regulation
b. Autonomic nervous system
C. Endocrine axis
d. Motor activity

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D

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8
Q

Striatum is composed of which of the following?
a. Caudate and putamen
b. Caudate and globus pallidus
с. Putamen and globus pallidus
d. Globus pallidus
e.None of these

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A

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9
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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

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C

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10
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Which thalamic nucleus/nuclei wil tracts for generalsenses pass?
a. Ventro-anterior
b. Ventral-lateral
c. Al of the above
d. Ventroposterolateral

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D

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11
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Lesion can lead to obesity and hyperphagia
a. Anterior hypothalamus
b. Posterior hypothalamus
c. Ventrolateral nucleus
d. Ventromedial nucleus

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D

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12
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Which of the following is disrupted after destructionof epithalamus?
a. Materanal behavior
b. Appetite
c. Water regulation
d. Biological rhythm

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D

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Patient woke up due to progressive weakness of leftlower extremities. He most likely damaged his
A. Right medial cerebrum
B. Left lateral cerebrum
C. Medial cerebrum
D. Right lateral cerebrum

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A

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14
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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

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C

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15
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Anesthesia to the face means there is a lesion to a brain structure derived from:
A. Myelencephalon
B. Metencephalon
C. Mesencephalon
D. Telencephalon

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B

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16
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Regulation of autonomic nervous system is a function of
A. Subthalamus
B. Thalamus
C. Hypothalamus
D. Epithalamus

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C

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17
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Sensory and motor relay to the cerebral cortex
A. Thalamus
B. Spinal cord
C. Basal ganglia
D. Cerebellum

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A

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18
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Which of the following will NOT be seen in a patientwith damaged midbrain?
a. Difficulty of initiating a movement
b. Bradykinesia
c. Festination
d.Intention tremors

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D

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19
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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

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C

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20
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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

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B

21
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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. Opthalmic artery
C. Ant. Communicating artery
D. Basilar artery

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B

22
Q

These neurons carry motor impulses from the brainto the motor neuron in the spinal cord:

a.Interneuron
b.First order neuron
C.Lower motor neuron
d.Upper motor neuron

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D

23
Q

A posterior circulation stroke involves the
A. Parietal lobe
B. Frontal lobe
C. Basal ganglia
D. Brainstem

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D

24
Q

Posterior cerebral artery stroke presents as
A. Apraxia
B. Aphasia
C. Head turning the lesion
D. Visual impairment

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D

25
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The MCA supplies the following, except:
A. Lateral parietal
B. Lateral frontal
C. Basal ganglia
D. Medial frontal
E. None of these

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D

26
Q

Disorder of the motor component of speech articulation
A. Dyssynergia
B. Asynergia
C. Dysarthria
D. Dysdiadochokinesia

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C

27
Q

Branch of the vertebrobasilar artery of the brain:
a.Lenticulostriate artery
b.anterior cerebral artery
c.Internal auditory artery
d.ophthalmic artery

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C

28
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Lenticulostriate artery is a branch of:
a.MCA
b.ACA
c.Middle meningeal artery
d.VBA

A

A

29
Q

Impulses from spinal cord to the brain is carried by:
a. Second order neuron
b.First order neuron
c. LMN
d.UMN

A

A

30
Q

the following areas of the brain are supplied by thePCA, except:
I. Thalamus
Il. Inferior temporal
III. Lateral occipital
V. Basal ganglia

a. I, II and III
B. Only IV
c. I and III
d. II and IV
e. All of these

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B

31
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The following are branches basilar artery, expect:
I. PICA
II. AICA
III. Opthalmic artery
IV. SCA

A. I, II, AND III
B. ONLY IV
C. I AND III
D. II AND IV
E. ALL OF THESE

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C

32
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What artery connects the anterior circulation with posterior circulation of the brain
A. Ant communicating artery
B. Posterior communicating artery
C. Posterior cerebral arteires
D. Anterior cerebral arteries
E. Middle cerebral arteries

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B

33
Q

The following tests used to assess dysdiadochokinesia, EXCEPT:
a.Alternate forearm pronation-supination
b.Alternate heel to knee
c. Past pointing
d.None of these

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C

34
Q

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

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B

35
Q

Involuntary,slower, twisting movements causing transient, odd and unnatural posturi ng, most evidentin distal parts:

A. Tremor
B. Chorea
C. Athetosis
D. Hyperkinesia
E. Hypoclonus

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C

36
Q

Stimulation of the anterior hypothalamus causes all of the following, except:

A. Sweating
B. Increased respiration
C. Cutaneous vasodilation
D. Shivering

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D

37
Q

Functional limitations observed in patients with cerebellar dysfunction may include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Hypertonicity
b. Dyssynergia
c. Gait ataxia
d. Postural instability
e.Fatigability and weakness

A

A

38
Q

Usually violent and flinging motions of the limbs:
A. Chorea
B. Spasticity
C. Dystonia
D. Athetosis
E. Ballisimus

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E

39
Q

Controls the rate and depth of respiration.
A. Pneumotaxic
B. Apneustic
C. Dorsal medulla
D. Ventral medulla

A

A

40
Q

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

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B

41
Q

Which part of the medulla oblongata has both inspiratory and expiratory control?
A. Anterior
B. Dorsal
C. Posterior
D. Ventral

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D

42
Q

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

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B

43
Q

Terminal branches of the basilar artery:
a.Vertebral arteries
b. Superior cerebellar arteries
c. Posterior communicating arteries
d. Paired posterior cerebral arteires

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D

44
Q

This is a syndrome caused by lesions to thethalamus
a. Kluver Bucy
b. Germann’s
c. Rathke
d. Dejerine-Rousy

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D

45
Q

Movement performed in a sequence of componentparts rather than a single smooth activity:
a.Dyssynergia
b. Decomposition of movement
c. Rebound phenomenon
d. Both a and b
e. All of these

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D

46
Q

MOSTLY associated with the activity of the pinealgland?
a. Amygdala
b. Subthalamus
с. Hypothalamus
d. Epithalamus

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D

47
Q

The part of the midbrain responsible for visual reflexes:
a. Tegmentum
b. Crus Cerebri
C. Superior Colliculi
d. Inferior Colliculi
e. Substansia Nigra

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C

48
Q

In the motor homunculus the arms are represented inwhat part of the cortex:
a. Medial frontal
b. Medial Parietal
c. Lateral Frontal
d.Lateral Parietal

A

C

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