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1the pons connect with the cerebellum through middle cerebellar peduncle
- ATrue
- BFalse
2the basilar part of the pons is made of fibres only
- ATrue
- BFalse
3within pons tegmentum are located nuclei of cranial nerves 9,10,11
- ATrue
- BFalse
4roots of cranial nerve 12 appear in retoolivary sulcus
- ATrue
- BFalse
5midbrain is delineated from diencephalon by optic tracts
- ATrue
- BFalse
6nuclei of caudal colliculus are relay stations is auditory pathway
- ATrue
- BFalse
7abducens nerve appears in the interpedencular fossa
- ATrue
- BFalse
8brainstem controls reflex centers for respiration and cardiovascular control
- ATrue
- BFalse
9phylogenically new parts of brain stem are located on its ventral aspect
- ATrue
- BFalse
10substantia nigra is part of pyramid system
- ATrue
- BFalse
11vestibulocerebellar pathway
- Aplays a role in initiation, planning and timing of voluntary motor activities
- Bprojects via medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Creceives input from cristae ampullares
- Dreceives input from maculae of the utricle and sacculae
- Eincludes flocculonodular lobe
12red nucleus
- Ainfluences cerebellum via inferior olivary nucleus
- Bprimary effect on truncal and proximal muscles
- Creceives bilateral input from motor and premotor cortex
- Dreceieves contralateral input from nucleus interpositus
- Ereceives modest input from contralateral dentate nucleus
13the following structures are found in the midbrain
- Asubstantia nigra
- Bsuperior colliculi
- Cmotor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- Dnucleus of abducent nerve
- Edecussation of superior cerebellar peduncles
14the following are found in the midbrain
- Amedial lemniscus
- Bfrontopontine fibres
- Clateral lemniscus
- Dred nucleus
- Emedial geniculate body
15the following are found in the midbrain
- Anucleus of occulomotor nerve
- Btectospinal tract
- Cmedial longitudinal bundle
- Dsuperior salivary nucleus
- Enucleus of tractus solitarius
16the medial lemniscus
- Aformed by fibres which mainly come from gracile and cuneate nuclei of same side
- Bpart of proprioceptive pathway from periphery to cerebral cortex
- Cforms a bundle of fibres lying anteroposteriorly in pons
- Dforms a bundle of fibres lying anteroposteriorly in medulla oblongata
- Eends in lateral nucleus of thalamus
17the following nuclei are found in pons
- Afacial
- Boculomotor
- Cdescending or spinal nucleus of trigeminal nerve
- Dabducent
- Einferior salivary
18the pons
- Acontains nuclei whose neurones have fibres which go to cerebellum
- Bcontains nuclei which connect cerebral cortex with cerebellar cortex
- Clies on basilar part of occipital bone
- Danterior to basilar artery
- Esuperior to emerging facial nerve
19the pons
- Ahas the trigeminal nerve emerging from its superior border
- Bcontains in its anterior part the nuclei pontis
- Ccontains in its anterior part the pyrimidal tracts
- Dconnected to cerebellum by superior cerebellar peduncle
- Econtains upward continuation of medial lemniscus
20medulla oblongata
- Athe olive lies between the pyramid and the inferior cerebellar peduncle
- Bthe vagus nerve emerges between the pyramid and olive
- Cthe decussation of the pyramids is found in the posterior median sulcus
- Dthe gracile tubercle lies posteriorly next to the midline
- Ethe spinal nucleus of the trigeminal nerve lies dosolaterally
21in the floor of the fourth ventricle
- Avagal trigone is at the inferior angle next to the midline
- Bfacial colliculus is next to the midline in its upper half
- Cvestibular area is adjacent to the lateral angle
- Dhypoglossal triangle is lateral to the vagal triangle
- Eabducent nucleus lies deep to the facial colliculus
22the pyramid of the hind brain
- Amedial to the roots of the hypoglossal nerve
- Bmedial to the olive
- Cconsists mainly of descending fibres
- Dconsists of fibres all of which decussate in medulla oblongata
- Econsists of fibres all of whose cell bodies are in precentral gyrus of the cerebral hemispheres
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- Quiz on brain stem, created by raheem h on 08/09/2017.
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