Neuro End of Block

Question 1

Glutamate is what kind of neurotransmitter?

Answer 1

An excitatory amino acid transmitter.

Question 2

What cell myelinates axons within the CNS?

Answer 2

Oligodendrocyte

Question 3

The cerebral cortex forms from which developmental structure of the brain?

Answer 3

Telencephalon

Question 4

This pathway passes from the cerebral hemispheres to the spinal cord…

Answer 4

Corticospinal

Question 5

What nerve gives part of the innervation to muscle spindle?

Answer 5

1a afferent

Question 6

Sympathetic ganglia originate from…

Answer 6

The neural crest

Question 7

This cell contains neurofilaments.

a. Astrocyte
b. Epithelial Cell of the Iris
c. Purkinje Cell
d. Schwann Cell
e. Ependymal Cell

Answer 7

Purkinje cell

Question 8

Which ossicle attaches to the oval window of the ear?

Answer 8

Stapes

Question 9

This is a neural tube feature that gives rise to the dorsal horn grey matter.

Answer 9

Alar plate

Question 10

This structure is the main input to the cerebral cortex

Answer 10

Thalamus

Question 11

The small sensory nerve fibre, involved with transmitting pain stimuli

Answer 11

Fibre C

Question 12

This is the largest functional unit of the basal ganglia which receives modulating input from dopaminergic cells in the substantia nigra…

Answer 12

Neostriatum