KAPLAN AND SADOCKS SYNOPSIS OF
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
⩥ 10^11. Answer: number of neurons in the brain
⩥ 10^12. Answer: number of glial cells in the brai
⩥ Astrocytes. Answer: The most common type of glial cells - provide
nutrition of neurons, deactivation of some neurotransmitters, and
integration with the blood-brain barrier
⩥ Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. Answer: Produce myelin around
axons
-Oligodendrocytes- CNS
-Schwann Cells-PNS
⩥ Microglia. Answer: Act as phagocytes, eating damaged cells and
bacteria, act as the brains immune system - derived from macrophages
⩥ Light touch, pressure, pain, temperature, vibration, and
proprioception. Answer: The six somatosensory modalities
, ⩥ Pathway of somatosensory information processing. Answer:
Somatosensory information - two point discrimination, tactile sense (fine
touch), vibratory sense, kinesthetic sense, muscle tension, joint position
sense - fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus - VPL nucleus of the thalamus -
Somatosensory cortex (Brodmann's areas 3,1, and 2)
Somatosensory information - pain, temperature, coarse touch, deep
pressure - spinothalamic tract - VPL, VPI, intralaminar nuclei of the
thalamus - Somatosensory cortex, Prefrontal cortex, Anterior cingulate
gyrus, Striatum, S-11
⩥ Tactile agnosia. Answer: Clinical syndrome defined by the inability to
recognize objects based on touch, despite the primary somatosensory
modalities being intact. Localized to the border of the somatosensory
and association areas in the posterior parietal lobe
⩥ Lines of a specific orientation. Answer: What the primary visual
cortex responds to
⩥ Particular movements of lines and angles. Answer: What the
secondary visual cortex responds to
⩥ The inferior temporal lobe in the visual system. Answer: Determines
the "what" questions - shape, form, and color
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT
⩥ 10^11. Answer: number of neurons in the brain
⩥ 10^12. Answer: number of glial cells in the brai
⩥ Astrocytes. Answer: The most common type of glial cells - provide
nutrition of neurons, deactivation of some neurotransmitters, and
integration with the blood-brain barrier
⩥ Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. Answer: Produce myelin around
axons
-Oligodendrocytes- CNS
-Schwann Cells-PNS
⩥ Microglia. Answer: Act as phagocytes, eating damaged cells and
bacteria, act as the brains immune system - derived from macrophages
⩥ Light touch, pressure, pain, temperature, vibration, and
proprioception. Answer: The six somatosensory modalities
, ⩥ Pathway of somatosensory information processing. Answer:
Somatosensory information - two point discrimination, tactile sense (fine
touch), vibratory sense, kinesthetic sense, muscle tension, joint position
sense - fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus - VPL nucleus of the thalamus -
Somatosensory cortex (Brodmann's areas 3,1, and 2)
Somatosensory information - pain, temperature, coarse touch, deep
pressure - spinothalamic tract - VPL, VPI, intralaminar nuclei of the
thalamus - Somatosensory cortex, Prefrontal cortex, Anterior cingulate
gyrus, Striatum, S-11
⩥ Tactile agnosia. Answer: Clinical syndrome defined by the inability to
recognize objects based on touch, despite the primary somatosensory
modalities being intact. Localized to the border of the somatosensory
and association areas in the posterior parietal lobe
⩥ Lines of a specific orientation. Answer: What the primary visual
cortex responds to
⩥ Particular movements of lines and angles. Answer: What the
secondary visual cortex responds to
⩥ The inferior temporal lobe in the visual system. Answer: Determines
the "what" questions - shape, form, and color
