1. Which of the following cell bodies are found in the 7.

Which of the following is the site of synaptic

dorsal root ganglia? transmission on the efferent neurite?
A. Microglia A. Telodendron
B. Multipolar cell B. Bouton
C. Oligodendrocyte C. Axonal terminus
D. Pseudounipolar D. All of the following
E. Astrocyte
8. Sensory cell bodies of spinal nerves are found in
2. Which of the following cell's primary function is which of the following structures?
phagocytosis? A. Dorsal horn of the spinal cord
A. Astrocytes B. Dorsal root ganglion
B. Oligodendrocytes C. Dorsal primary ramus
C. Amphicytes D. Ventral primary ramus
D. Schwann cells E. All of the above
E. Microglia F. A and b
G. A, c, and d
3. What cell(s) is/are involved in the formation of the H. None of the above
blood-brain-barrier?
A. Astrocytes 9. Which of the following types of cell to cell
B. Ependymal cells connectivity involves gap juntions between two
C. Both a and b are correct neuronal cell bodies?
D. Neither a nor b are correct A. Anodendritic
E. GSE fibers B. Anoaxonal
C. Somatosomatic
4. Which of the following is derived from neural crest D. Dendrodendritic
tissues? E. Axosomatic
A. Dorsal root ganglia
B. Robinson 10. Spinal cord ventral (anterior) horn cells are
C. Grey Matter of the CNS classified to their fuction as which of the following?
D. White Matter of the PNS A. Sensory neurons
E. Axons B. Connector or interneurons
F. Dendrites C. Motor neurons
G. Astrocytes D. Goldgi type II neurons
H. A and c
I. A and d 11. Neuronal perikarya are located within which of the
following?
5. Oligodendrocytes are located in: A. Gray matter of the CNS
A. Gray matter of the CNS B. White matter of the CNS
B. White matter of the CNS C. Dorsal Root Ganglia
C. Both a and b are correct D. Ventral Ganglia
D. Grey matter of the PNS E. A and c
E. White matter of the PNS F. None of the above
F. None of the above are correct G. Robinson

6. The dendritic zone contains the: 12. Which of the following are derived directly from
A. Boutons neural crest cells?
B. Cell body A. Substantia nigra
C. Axon B. Pons
D. Axonal termini C. Medulla
E. All of the above D. Pia matter
F. None of the above E. Dorsal root ganglia
F. A and e
G. None of the above
 19. Most brain tumors are derived from
13. The meningeal layers of the brain in correct order oligodendrocytes.
from outside to inside are: A. True
A. Dura, arachnoid, pia B. False
B. Pia, arachnoid, dura
C. Arachnoid, dura, pia 20. Which of the following cell's primary function is the
D. Arachnoid, pia, dura maintaining of the structural integrity of the brain via
E. Dura, pia, arachnoid the pial-glial limiting membrane and the blood-brain-
F. None of the above barrier?
A. Astrocytes
14. B. Oligodendrocytes
What form of cell-to-cell communication is the most C. Amphicytes
common? D. Schwann cells
A. Axosomatic E. Microglia
B. Axoaxonal
C. Axodendritic 21. What cell(s) is/are involved in the formation of
D. Somatodendritic elaborate myelin sheaths within the grey matter?
E. Somatosomatic A. Astrocytes
B. Oligodendrocytes
15. Which of the following compoinds are not involved C. Microglia
in the synthesis of acetylcholine? D. Both a and b are correct
A. Oxaloacetate E.None of the above
B. Acetyl co-enzyme A
C. ATP 22. What glial cell is typically associated with peripheral
D. Isocitrate nerves?
A. Schwann Cells
16. All of the following statements concerning nerves B. Oligodendrocytes
are correct except: C. Amphicytes
A. A nerve tract is the name given to a fiber in the CNS D. Astrocytes
B. The supporting cell of a mylenated nerve fiber in the
CNS is called an Oligodendrocyte. 23. Nissi substance is composed of what structures?
C. A Node of Ranvier are absent from mylenated nerve A. Smooth ER
fibers in the CNS B. Polysomes
D. The major dense line of myelin consists of two inner C. Free ribosomes
layers of plasma membrane that are fused together D. B and c only
E. None of the above
17. What morphology of neurons is found within a
cranial nerve ganglia? 24. Loss of staining characteristics of Nissi substances
A. Multipolar with an increase in the volume of the perikarya is
B. Bipolar referred to as:
C. Unipolar A. Transneuronal degeneration
D. Pseudounipolar B. Chromatolysis
C. Both and and b are correct
18. Which of the following are derived from D. Neither a nor b are correct
Mesoderm?
A. Microglia 25. Which of the following structures are involved in
B. Multipolar cell synaptic transmission onto the afferent neurite?
C. Oligodendrocytes A. Telodendron
D. Schwann cell B. Bouton
E. Astrocytes C. Axonal terminus
D. All of the following
26. Neuronal perikarya are located in: 33. Which of the following glial cells are NOT found in
A. Nuclei the CNS?
B. Lamina A. Fibrous astrocyte
C. Ganglia B. Oligodendrocyte
D. Both a and b are correct C. Microglia
E. All of the above are correct D. Schwann cell
E. Protoplasmic astrocyte
27. Excitatory synapes with motor neurons are mainly
on dendrites. An 'all or none' action potential occurs 34. Ependymal cells line or cover all of the following
first in the: except:
A. First node of Ranvier A. Cerebral cortex
B. Distal dendrites B. Central canal or the spinal cord
C. Axon hillock C. Choroids plexus of the capillary network
D. Proximal dendrites D. Ventricular cavities of the cerebral hemispheres
E. Soma E. Venticular cavity of the diencephalon

28. Microglia cells arise from the: 35. Which of the following are involved in the
A. Neural tube formation of the blood-brain-barrier?
B. Neural crest A. Astrocytes
C. Both a and b are correct B. Nonfenestrated capillaries
D. Neither a and b are correct C. Both a and b are correct
D. Neither a nor b are correct
29. The CNS is derived from what specific primitive
embryological structure? 36. Due to the ability of glial cells to undergo mitosis,
A. Neural tube spontaneous remission of MS is possible.
B. Neural crest A. True
C. Mesodermal edemas B. False
D. Ependymal cells
E. Both b and c are correct 37. Nissl substance:
A. Is responsible for the synthsis of peptides and
30. Cells that produce myelin are: proteins
A. Derived from the neuroepithelium on the neural tube B. Is activated by RNA
B. Derived from the neural crest C. Both a and b are correct
C. Both a and b D. Neither a nor b are correct
D. Neither a nor b
38. The most common morphological subtype of
31. Multipolar neurons are found in all of the following neurons of the sensory nerves is:
sites except: A. Bipolar
A. Cerebral cortex B. Multipolar
B. Cerebellar cortex C. Oligodendrocytes
C. Dorsal root ganglia D. Pseudounipolar
D. Anterior horn of the spinal cord E. Unipolar
E. Sympathetic ganglia
39. The pial-glial limiting membrane involves:
32. All of the following cellular and extracellular A. Arachnoid matter
components are found directly associated with a spinal B. Astrocytes
nerve except: C. Both a and b are correct
A. Schwann cells D. Neither a nor b are correct
B. Astrocytes
C. Epineurium
D. Axons
E. Myelin sheaths
 40. All nodes of Ranvier: 14.
A. The axon is not covered by glial cells What kind of nerve fibers are foud in the dorsal rami?
B. Axons from other neurons participate to axoaxonic -
cmmunication 15.
C. Both a and b are correct What kind of nerve fibers are found in ventral rami?
D. Neither a nor b are correc 16.
What are the spinal levels of the sympathetic nervous
1. system?
What connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles? 17.
-cerebral aqueduct Where is the primary sensory cortex located?
2. 18.
What divides the cerebral peduncle into an anterior and In what tract do pain and temperature travel?
a posterior part? 19.
-substantia nigra In what tract does light touch travel?
3. 20.
Where would you find the graciles tubercle? In what do proprioception, stereognosis, barognosis
-brain and 2 point discrimination?
4. 21.
At what level does spinal cord end? Where do the gracillis and cuneate fasiculi decussate?
-L1 adult, L3 pedia 22.
5. Which tract is concerned with subconscious perception
What divides frontal and parietal lobes? ie. muscle and position sense pathway?
-central sulcus 23.
6. Where does reticular formation take place?
What separates frontal and temporal lobes? 24.
-lateral sulcus Where are the reflex centers located (cardiac,
7. respiratory, and vasomotor)?
What separates the cingulate gyrus from the superior 25.
frontal gyrus? What cranial nerves have their nuclei of origin in the
-cingulate sulcus midbrain?
8. 26.
What separates the cingulate gyrus from the corpus What cranial nerves have their nuclei of origin in the
callosum? pons?
-callosal sulcus 27.
9. What cranial nerves have their nuclei of origin in the
What structure hangs by the infundibulum from the medulla?
hypothalamus? 28.
-posterior pituitary/neurohypophysis Where are the superior peduncles located?
10. 29.
What part of the spinal cord contains somatic cell Where is the substantia nigra located?
bodies and have motor functions? 30.
-ventral and anterior horn What part of the brain regulates the emotional state?
11. 31.
What part of the spinal cord contains visceral cell In what part of the brain do we consolidate short term
bodies? memory into long term?
- 32.
12. In what part of the brain do we find conditioned fear?
What part of the spinal cord contains the cell bodies of 33.
the neuron and have sensory functions? Stimulation of this part of the brain causes euphoria?
- 34.
13. Where is dopamine released from?
What is the general function of the parietal lobe? 35.
- What is released from raphe nucleus?
36.
Where is norepinephrine released from in the brain?
37.
Which cranial nerves have parasympathetic action?