Quizzes ! Flashcards
True or False? The Egyptians believed that mental functions were located in the brain
FALSE. The Egyptians were cardiocentrists (believed that mental functions were in the heart)
True or False? Functional neuroimaging shows brain anatomy, whereas structural imaging shows brain physiology.
FALSE (other way around)
Which school of thought believes that the brain works as an integrative whole?
Holism
Which of the following involves difficulty executing daily acts like walking and eating?
Activity barriers
The prehistoric practice of creating a hole in ones skull is known as:
trephination
The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination comes from:
connectionism
Which of the following is classified as an inflammatory disease? Huntington, meningitis, parkinson, ms
Meningitis
What does neurology involve?
Anatomy, physiology, and pathologies of the nervous system
What term refers to the total number of current cases in a given population at a point in time?
Prevalence
Which of the following is the study of disease processes?
Pathology
What term means “bringing structures together”?
Adduct
The central nervous system includes what structures?
Brain and spinal cord
True or False? Ventral induction is a neurodevelopmental period that involves the superior end of the neural tube becoming the face and brain
True
_________ orientation is used in MRI and CT scans
Clinical
Which of the following conditions is associated with abnormally small brain size?
Microcephaly
The cerebral hemispheres will develop out of the:
prosencephalon
True or False? The term contralateral means “opposite side”
True
Which part of the nervous system controls our fight-or-flight response?
Sympathetic
What term refers to the birth of new neurons?
neurogenesis
Which of the following refers to the forebrain?
Prosencephalon
How many individual chromosomes do humans normally have?
46
Which of the following terms means “toward the back”?
Posterior or dorsal
Which of the following structures is NOT part of the brainstem? midbrain, cerebellum, medulla, pons
Cerebellum
True or False? Dorsal induction is. a neurodevelopmental period in which the neural tube is formed
True
True or False? Meiosis is the process of creating gametes, cells with 23 chromosomes
True
True or False? Neurulation is the term for the formation of the neural tube
True
Which layer of the embryo turns into the nervous system?
Ectoderm
Which term refers to a point farthest from a limb’s point of attachment?
Distal
Which of the following nervous system cells is responsible for producing myelin in the central nervous system (CNS)?
Oligodendroglia
True or False? If another stimulus is given to the neuron during the absolute refractory period (1-2 ms), the neuron will immediately fire again.
False
True or False? A neuron at rest is said to be “polarized”, meaning that gradients are established and the neuron is ready to fire like a loaded gun.
True
What neurological disorder involves the body’s own immune system, which attacks myelin resulting in progressive scarring of the brain’s white matter?
Multiple sclerosis
Which part of a cell acts like the mayor of the cell because it contains DNA, which is the genetic code that regulates the maintenance of the cell and production of new cells?
Nucleus
True or False? People with intellectual disabilities have a smaller number of dendritic spines.
True
True or False? The electrical firing of a neuron, in which an action potential is produced, is known as the process of “depolarization”.
True
What neurotransmitter plays a role in motor control as well as in our reward system?
Dopamine
Which cranial nerve controls the face muscles?
Cranial nerve VII
True or False? About 80% of motor fibers cross or decussate at the level of the medulla.
True
Which condition can be caused by stroke, tumor, and multiple sclerosis and primarily affects the ipsilateral limbs causing tremor, dysmetria, and dysdiadochokinesia?
Cerebellar hemispheral syndrome
True or False? It is possible for a person to live without a cerebellum.
True
Which of the following motor tracts originates in the motor cortex of the frontal lobe and functionally is responsible for contralateral movement of the body?
Lateral corticospinal tract
Which of the cranial nerves are important for speech and/or hearing?
V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII
Which structure regulates many aspects of human experience, including consciousness, the sleep-wake cycle, cardiovascular functions, and respiration?
Reticular formation
Inflammation of the spinal cord is known as:
myelitis
Which of the following structures has more in common with the basal ganglia than the thalamus?
Subthalamus
The pituitary gland belongs to the:
hypothalamus
What profile of thalamic aphasia is correct?
Fluency: +
Aud Comprehension: =
Repetition: =
What is the form of hydrocephalus that is a narrowing (stenosis) of the passageways that connect the ventricles that can lead to CSF buildup because CSF cannot move freely through the system?
Obstructive
The fan-shaped sheet of axons that run between the cortical surface and the thalamus is known as the:
corona radiata
True or False? The thalamus processes all sensory information except olfaction
True
CVAs cause ______ damage in the brain
focal
Phineas Gage suffered from the ______ profile that resulted from prefrontal cortex damage
Manic
Which principle of brain plasticity states that training of certain brain functions can lead to improvement?
Use it and improve it
True or False? The blood brain barrier protects against foreign invaders and is completely impermeable
False