Sessions 1-4 Review

Question 1

Hippocampus is found in which lobe of the brain

Answer 1

temporal lobe

Question 2

Describe the cranial nerves emerging from the ponto-medullary junction

Answer 2

Abducens = ventrally

Facial = laterally

Question 3

Superior colliculus is part of which structure

Answer 3

Midbrain

Question 4

Which region is represented most laterally in the primary motor cortex

Answer 4

The face

Question 5

Describe Homunculus

Answer 5

Question 6

Damage to the temporal lobe usually presents with

Answer 6

Recognition deficits

Question 7

From which structure is the cerebellum embryonically developed

Answer 7

Metencephalon (superior division of the rhombencephalon)

Question 8

Which functional division is responsible for balance

Answer 8

Vestibulocerebellum

Question 9

The colliculi of the midbrain are separated by which structure

Answer 9

Cruciform sulcus

Question 10

The interpeduncular fossa separates which two structures

Answer 10

Cerebral peduncles

Question 11

The raphe nuclei produce which neurotransmitter

Answer 11

Serotonin

Question 12

A tumour at the level of the inter ventricular foramen might lead to dilatation of what

Answer 12

Lateral ventricles

Question 13

Which part of the brainstem lies at the level of the tentorium cerebelli

Answer 13

Midbrain (tentorial notch)

Question 14

Bridging veins traverse which space

Answer 14

Subdural

Question 15

In the midbrain, which large white matter structures connect the cerebral hemispheres to the brainstem

Answer 15

Crus cerebri

Question 16

An important source of dopamine for the motor system can be found in which structure

Answer 16

Substantial nigra

Question 17

Unable to adduct right eye where is problem

Answer 17

Abducens

Question 18

What level of the brainstem is Mickey Mouse

Answer 18

Midbrain

Question 19

Name of important region on midbrain

Answer 19

Substantia nigra

Question 20

tumour compressing left cerebral peduncle effects

Answer 20

Motor fibres only- motor effects

No sensory effects as sensory fibres ascend directly to thalamus via Mickey Mouse ears

Question 21

At what point do second order neurones of the spinothalamic system decussate and DCML system

Answer 21

At the level of entry of first order neurones = spinothalamic

In the medulla = DCML

Question 22

Draw the joint position pathway to cerebral cortex

Answer 22

DCML

2nd order in medulla, dorsal column nuclei , then decussate

Question 23

Amaurosis fugax is caused by

Answer 23

blockage of central retinal artery

Question 24

which structures do the superior cerebellar arteries supply

Answer 24

midbrain

Question 25

thalamoperformator arteries are branches of which main artery

Answer 25

posterior cerebral

Question 26

internuclear ophthalmoplegia can be caused by

Answer 26

damage to medial longitudinal fasciculus

Question 27

photoreceptor cells synapse with which retinal type predominantly

Answer 27

bipolar cell

Question 28

homonymous superior quandrantanopia is most commonly seen in lesions to which part of visual pathway

Answer 28

meyer’s loop

Question 29

tumour arising from right cavernous sinus invading medially towards optic chiasm consequence

Answer 29

right nasal hemanopia

Question 30

Lateral geniculate nucleus projects to which lobe

Answer 30

occipital- part of thalamus

Question 31

Medial geniculate nucleus projects to

Answer 31

auditory processing centre

Question 32

in which part of the retina are cones common

Answer 32

macula

Question 33

where are there no photo receptors

Answer 33

optic disc

Question 34

what is at peripheral retina

Answer 34

rods

Question 35

transient loss of vision in one eye that resolved after 4 hours likely to be

Answer 35

occlusion to ophthalmic artery = amaurosis fugax