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Medicine Quiz on NSF week 1, created by Kelli Derrah on 27/08/2019.
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Question 1

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To allow for CSF reabsorption, the arachnoid granulations protrude into which space?s
Answer
  • superior sagittal sinus
  • 4th ventricle
  • subarachnoid space
  • foramen of magendie

Question 2

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Neurogenesis (generation of new neurons) in the developing spinal cord occurs primarily in which of the following regions?
Answer
  • ventricular zone
  • intermediate zone (mantle zone)
  • marginal zone
  • neural crest

Question 3

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Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) help with the differentiation of function in the CNS by inducing the development of which of the following?
Answer
  • sensory afferents in the alar plate
  • sensory afferents in the basal plate
  • motor efferents in the alar plate
  • motor efferents in the basal plate

Question 4

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Which of the following is a normal location of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
Answer
  • subpial space
  • subarachnoid space
  • subdural space
  • epidural space

Question 5

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The ventral aspect of the neural tube (basal plate) is associated with which of the following?
Answer
  • CSF production
  • motor function
  • sensory processing
  • vision

Question 6

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Which of the following types of sensation is exclusively conveyed by the dorsal column-medial lemniscus pathway?
Answer
  • visceral fullness
  • temperature
  • vibration
  • pin prick

Question 7

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A 23-year old runner presents in clinic with dull pain from a laceration to her right heel. In which major subdivision of the central nervous system does this somatosensory information cross the midline?
Answer
  • midbrain
  • spinal cord
  • medulla
  • pons

Question 8

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A vibrating tuning fork is placed on the left lateral malleolus. In which major subdivision of the central nervous system does this somatosensory information cross the midline?
Answer
  • Midbrain
  • Spinal cord
  • Medulla
  • Pons

Question 9

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The primary somatosensory cortex is the main sensory receptive area in the brain for the sense of touch. In which of the following lobes can this area be found?
Answer
  • Parietal lobe
  • Frontal lobe
  • Temporal lobe
  • Insular lobe

Question 10

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Pathways from the lower extremities (legs) travel along the posterior columns to synapse in which nucleus?
Answer
  • Cuneatus
  • Gracilis
  • Raphe
  • Internal arcuate

Question 11

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The emotional aspects of pain (eg, suffering) are processed in which part of the brain?
Answer
  • Anterior cingulate gyrus
  • Reticular activating system
  • Periaqueductal grey matter
  • Raphe nucleus

Question 12

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The carotid canal is located in which bone of the skull?
Answer
  • palatine
  • ethmoid
  • occipital
  • temporal

Question 13

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Which brain lobe sits within the middle cranial fossa?
Answer
  • anterior lobe
  • parietal lobe
  • temporal lobe
  • occipital lobe

Question 14

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A small ischemic stroke effecting lateral/inferior portions of the postcentral gyrus of the right parietal lobe (i.e., near the lateral sulcus) would be expected to produce somatosensory dysfunction in which area of the body?
Answer
  • left foot
  • right foot
  • left half of the face
  • right half of the face

Question 15

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The L4 dermatome includes the big toe. Therefore, neurosurgical resection of the left L4 dorsal root ganglion would produce what short-term somatosensory deficits?
Answer
  • Lack of temperature sensations, sparing proprioception, from the right big toe
  • Lack of temperature sensations and proprioceptive information from the left big toe
  • Lack of temperature sensations and proprioceptive information from the right big toe
  • Lack of temperature sensations, sparing proprioception, from the left big toe

Question 16

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Due to its association with relatively smaller receptive fields and fast-adapting receptors, which receptor type is best at two point discrimination?
Answer
  • Meissner corpuscle
  • Ruffini ending
  • Merkel disc
  • free nerve ending

Question 17

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Compared to blood serum, cerebral spinal fluid has which of the following characteristics?
Answer
  • a lower partial pressure of CO2
  • similar protein levels
  • higher chloride levels
  • greater alkalinity

Question 18

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Which of the following structures is composed of two layers of meningeal dura?
Answer
  • third ventricle
  • crista galli
  • tentorium cerebelli
  • neurohypophysis

Question 19

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The primitive forebrain (prosencephalon) gives rise to which of the following secondary vesicles?
Answer
  • telencephalon
  • mesencephalon
  • metencephalon
  • myelencephalon

Question 20

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The thalamus and hypothalamus are derived from which of the secondary vesicles?
Answer
  • metencephalon
  • myencephalon
  • mesencephalon
  • diencephalon

Question 21

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Which of the following are derivatives of the neural crest cells?
Answer
  • Ependymal cells that line the brain ventricles
  • Glial cells that form the myelin sheath of CNS axons
  • Primary sensory neurons of the dorsal root ganglia
  • Pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex

Question 22

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Which of the following structures passes through the foramen spinosum?
Answer
  • Mandibular nerve (CN V3)
  • Middle meningeal artery
  • Greater petrosal nerve
  • Ophthalmic artery

Question 23

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Which of the following is an unpaired (midline) bone that is part of the neurocranium?
Answer
  • temporal
  • parietal
  • zygomatic
  • occipital

Question 24

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On which bone of the skull can the anterior clinoid process be found?
Answer
  • ethmoid
  • sphenoid
  • temporal
  • occipital

Question 25

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The groove for the transverse sinus can be found on which bone?
Answer
  • frontal
  • temporal
  • parietal
  • occipital
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