Neuroanatomy Quiz
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Which of the following areas of the body is most likely to experience deep pain?
A. Skin and mucous membranes
B. Joints and ligaments
C. Superficial muscles
D. Peripheral nerves
Which of the following lobes of the cerebellum does not exist?
A. anterior lobe
B. middle lobe
C. posterior lobe
D. Flocculonodular lobe
Which primary neurotransmitter binds onto the GPi?
A. Noradrenaline
B. Dopamine
C. GABA
D. Glutamate
Which type of food sensitivity should be considered in somebody with idiopathic sporadic ataxia?
A. •Peanut butter
B. •Redbull
C. •Chocolate
D. •Gluten
The floculus sends information down which spinal tract to activate the extensor tone of our spinal muscles?
A. Spinocerebellar pathway
B. Corticispinal tract
C. Spinothalamic tract
D. Vestibulospinal tract
Identify #3
A. Medulla
B. Midbrain
C. Pons
D. None of the above
What are the early signs of dementia?
A. •Inability to walk
B. •Inability to recognise people, places and objects
C. •Seizures
D. •Forgetting dates and events
Which of the following structures is involved in error recognition in one’s behaviors?
A. nucleus accumbens
B. mammillary bodies
C. fornix
D. anterior cingulate cortex
What part of your brain is responsible for helping you to focus on a conversation with others in a noisy environment, to hear and respond to your name in a noisy environment, and to constantly help you to keep recognizing cars on the road that are similar to the car you are driving?
A. Reticular Activating System
B. Pons
C. Hypothalamus
D. Cerebrum
What is the role of broca’s area?
A. •Processes speech
B. •Processes sensation
C. •Processes motor function of your upper limbs
D. •All of the above
What type of brain tumor is slow-growing and usually benign?
A. Meningiomas
B. Gliomas
C. Medulloblastomas
D. Abscesses
True or False: cerebellar dysfunction/damage typically leads to motor weakness and paralysis
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Which is not a function of the Brainstem?
A. Conduit of ascending and descending tracts
B. Control of primitive functions
C. Containing nuclei of cranial nerves
D. Conducting higher intellectual thought
Which structure is responsible for visual processing in the midbrain?
A. Superior colliculus
B. Inferior colliculus
C. Amygdaloid nucleus
D. Red nucleus
Superficial pain is primarily sensed by which type of nociceptors?
A. A-delta fibers
B. C fibers
C. A-beta fibers
D. A-alpha fibers
