1.

Central sulcus separates the following two lobes in the cerebral cortex

A Frontal and Parietal

B Parietal and occipital

C Occipital and Temporal

D Temporal and Parietal

2.The gray matter of cerebral cortex consists of

A Cell bodies, dendrites and axons

B Cell bodies, axons and glial cells

C Cell bodies, dendrites and glial cells

D Axons, dendrites and glial cells

3. Maintenance of balance is a function of

A Cerebral cortex

B Cerebellum

C Medulla

D Pons

4. Language is a function of

A Cerebral cortex

B Cerebellum

C Medulla

D Pons
5. Somatosensory cortex processes

A Thinking

B Memory

C Touch, pain and proprioception

6.Somatosensory cortex is a part of the following lobe

A Frontal

B Parietal

C Occipital

D Temporal

7. Primary motor cortex is a part of the following lobe

A Frontal

B Parietal

C Occipital

D Temporal

8. Primary motor cortex controls the movement produced by the following group of muscles

A Cardiac

B Skeletal

C Smooth
9. Language comprehension is a function of

A Auditory cortex

B Brocas area

C Visual cortex

D Wernickes area

10. Speech production and articulation is a function of

A Auditory cortex

B Brocas area

C Visual cortex

D Wernickes area

11. Which lobe contains the primary visual cortex?

A The frontal lobe
B The occipital lobe
C The temporal lobe
D The hippocampal lobe

12. Damage to which lobe can produce disruptions to social and emotional
behaviour?
A The occipital lobe
B The partietal lobe
C The frontal lobe
D The temporal lobe

13. The primary cortex for which sense is found in the temporal lobe?
 A Olfaction
B Audition
C Vision
D Gustation

14. The regions of the cortex responsible for the maintenance of voluntary
movement are:
A The primary and secondary motor areas
B The primary motor cortex, the premotor area and the supplementary motor
area
C The basal ganglia
D The frontal, parietal and occipital lobes

15. The frontal lobes contain which of the following?

The amydgala
B Primary motor cortex
Auditory association area
Visual association cortex

16. The band of neural fibers that connect the left and righthemispheres
is called the:
a. Hypothalamus
b. Hippocampus
c. Corpus callosum
d. Wernickes area

17. The cerebral cortex is the:

a. largest most complex part of the brain
b. part of the brain that processing visual stimuli
c. oldest part of the brain
d. white matter

18. The front lobe is responsible for:

a. Complex thought
b. Processing auditory information
c. Integrating sensory information
d. Processing visual information

19. Topographic sensory motor representation of the face is located

A. In the medial surface of the temporal lobe
B. In the lateral surface of the hemisphere at 3,1,2 BRODMANN area
C. In the primary motor cortex brodmann area 4
D. In the primary motor cortex (area brodmann 4) and the somatosensory area
(Brodmann 312)

20. In which part of the cerebral cortex sensory-motor representation of

the lower limb is found
A. Brodmann 4 Area and brodmann 312 area
B. Paracentral lobule
C. Medial surface of the frontal and parietal lobe
D. Supplementary motor area

21. The spinal cord extends into the spinal canal:

A. From the bulbo-medullary junction to the end of the conus medullaris from
which arises the cauda equina
B. From the foramen magnum to L2
C. From the foramen magnum to L5
D. From C1 to the sacrum

22. The spinal cord gives rise to:

 A. 7 cervical pairs of spinal nerves that exit the spinal canal through the
intervertebral foramen below the corresponding vertebrae
B. 1 coccygeal pair of spinal nerves
C. 5 lumbar pairs of spinal nerves
D. 33 pairs of spinal nerves

23. Spinal cord grey matter:

A. Is peripheral while the white matter is central
B. The sensory horn is anterior
C. presents a lateral horn in the cervical region
D. The anterior horn contains motoneurons

24. Spinal epidural space contains:

A. spinal fluid, fat and anterior spinal arteries
B. fat and epidural veins
C. a fluid that can be analyzed through a lumbar puncture
D. cerebro-spinal fluid

25. vascular supply to the spinal cord:

A. 2 anterior spinal arteries and 2 posterior spinal arteries
B. 2 anterior spinal arteries and 1 posterior spinal artery
C. 1 anterior spinal artery and 2 posterior spinal arteries
D. The artery of Adamkiewicz arises from an intercostal artery between T9 and
T11 and supplies much of the blood for the lower spinal cord

26. Ascending tracts of spinal cord:

A. fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus are located in the posterior white
columns and carry conscious proprioception and discriminative touch
B. spinothalamic tracts lead to the thalamus and carry pain and temperature
C. spinocerebellar tracts lead to the cerebellar cortex and carry subconscious
proprioception
D. corticospinal tract is an ascending tract that carries sensory information

27. Spinal white matter; Motor tracts:

A. Motor tracts are ascending tracts
B. motor tracts are located in the lateral white columns
C. lateral corticospinal tracts carry voluntary motor stimuli from the cerebral
cortex to motor neurons in the spinal cord
D. lateral spinothalamic tract carries voluntary motor stimuli to the spinal
cord
28. a thoracic spinal cord compression syndrome may cause:
A. paraplegia
B. weakness of shoulder abduction
C. erectile and urinary dysfunction
D. anesthesia of arms

29. a lumbar disc hernia may cause:

A. L5 sciatica
B. quadriplegia
C. back pain
D. death

30. the best imaging tool for spinal cord compression diagnosis is:
A. lumbar puncture and CSF analysis (cerebrospinal fluid)
B. X rays of the spinal column
C. MRI of the spinal cord (magnetic resonance imaging)
D. Ultrasonography

31. The spinal cord extends into the spinal canal:

A. From the bulbo-medullary junction to L5
B. From the foramen magnum to S2
C. From the foramen magnum to L2
D. From C1 to the coccyx

32. The spinal cord gives rise to:

A. 5 sacral pairs of spinal nerves that exit the spinal canal through the
intervertebral foramen below the corresponding vertebrae
B. 2 coccygeal pairs of spinal nerves
C. 31 pairs of spinal nerves
D. 33 pairs of spinal nerves

33. Spinal cord grey matter:

A. Has a butterfly shape
B. The sensory horn is posterior
C. presents a lateral horn in the thoracic region
D. The anterior horn contains motoneurons

34. Spinal Subarachnoid space contains:

A. spinal fluid, fat and anterior spinal arteries
B. fat and epidural veins
C. a fluid that can be analyzed through a lumbar puncture
D. cerebro-spinal fluid
 35. vascular supply to the spinal cord:
A. 2 anterior spinal arteries and 2 posterior spinal arteries
B. 2 anterior spinal arteries and 1 posterior spinal artery
C. 1 anterior spinal artery and 2 posterior spinal arteries
D. The artery of Adamkiewicz arises from an intercostal artery between T9 and
T11 and supplies much of the blood for the lower spinal cord

36. Spinal white matter; Ascending tracts:

a. fasciculus gracilis and fasciculus cuneatus are located in the posterior white
columns and carry conscious proprioception and discriminative touch
b. spinothalamic tracts lead to the thalamus and carry subconscious proprioception
c. spinocerebellar tracts lead to the cerebellar cortex and carry pain and
temperature
d. corticospinal tract is an ascending tract that carries sensory information

37. Spinal white matter; Motor tracts:

A. descending tracts are motor tracts
B. motor tracts are located in the posterior white columns
C. lateral corticospinal tracts carry voluntary motor stimuli from the cerebral
cortex to motor neurons in the spinal cord
D. lateral spinothalamic tract carries voluntary motor stimuli to the spinal cord

38. a conus medullaris syndrome may cause:

A. quadriplegia
B. weakness of shoulder abduction
C. erectile and urinary dysfunction
D. distal leg paresis

39. a severe cervical spine injury may cause:

A. respiratory paralysis
B. quadriplegia
C. anesthesia below the clavicles
D. death

40. the best imaging tool for spinal cord compression diagnosis is:
A. lumbar puncture and CSF analysis (cerebrospinal fluid)
B. X rays of the spinal column
C. MRI of the spinal cord (magnetic resonance imaging)
D. Ultrasonography