CNS FINAL EXAM 2026 EXAMS
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Mylinates the peripheral nervous system - answerSchwann Cells
Lines ventricles and secretes CSF - answerEpendymal cells
Mechanical and metabolic support, also response to injury - answerAstrocytes
Phagocytosis - answerMicroglia
Mylinates the Central Nervous System - answerOligodendrocytes
Medulla originates from? - answerMyelencephalon
Cerebral Hemspheres, cerebrum, and basal ganglia - answerTelencelephalon
Midbrain - answerMesencephalon
Cerebellum and Pons - answerMetencephalon
Thalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus - answerDiencephalon
Which part of brain is EMOTION - answerLimbic
Which part of brain is HEARING - answerTemporal
Which part of brain is MOTOR - answerFrontal
Which part of brain is SOMATOSENSORY? - answerParietal
Which part of brain is VISION? - answerOccipital
What part of neural plate form PNS? - answerNeural Crest
What part of Neural plate forms CNS? - answerNeural Tube
What type of fibers stay in the same hemisphere? - answerAssociation
What type of fibers connect 2 different hemispheres? - answerCommissural (ex =
corpus collosum)
Which type of fibers goes from Brain to Spinal Cord? - answerProjection
, How many neurons participate in stretch reflex? - answerTwo
Which layer contains Betz Cells? - answerInner Pyramidal
What brain flexure develops between metencpalon and myelencephalon? -
answerPontine flexure
1. Extrafusal muscle fibers
2. Intrafusal muscle fibers - answer1. Alpha motor neurons
2. Gamma motor neurons
Which neuron types are multipolar? - answer1. Spinal Ganglia
2. Outer pyramidal layer of cortex
3. Inner granule layer of cortex
Bipolar - answerVestibular ganglion
Dorsal root ganglion - answerUnipolar
Name 3 cell types found in the Cerebral Cortex? - answer1. Pyramidal
2. Bipolar
3. Stellate
The conus medullaris ends at what level? - answerL2
How many weeks after conception does cns develop? - answer3 weeks
Arcuate fibers connect what? - answerBroca's area and Wernicke
Sensory structures in the spinal cord and braintem are - answerDorsal and Lateral
Ventricular zone - answerinnermost layer
contains immature cells, germ or stem cells
Intermediate zone - answerNeuroblast or Glioblas
Marginal Zone - answermature cells
Most common type of synapse? - answerAxodendritic
Largest part of the Human Brain is... - answerMETENcephalon
How many layers does the cerebral cortex have? - answer6
What flexure between spinal cord and medulla? - answerCervical
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Mylinates the peripheral nervous system - answerSchwann Cells
Lines ventricles and secretes CSF - answerEpendymal cells
Mechanical and metabolic support, also response to injury - answerAstrocytes
Phagocytosis - answerMicroglia
Mylinates the Central Nervous System - answerOligodendrocytes
Medulla originates from? - answerMyelencephalon
Cerebral Hemspheres, cerebrum, and basal ganglia - answerTelencelephalon
Midbrain - answerMesencephalon
Cerebellum and Pons - answerMetencephalon
Thalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus - answerDiencephalon
Which part of brain is EMOTION - answerLimbic
Which part of brain is HEARING - answerTemporal
Which part of brain is MOTOR - answerFrontal
Which part of brain is SOMATOSENSORY? - answerParietal
Which part of brain is VISION? - answerOccipital
What part of neural plate form PNS? - answerNeural Crest
What part of Neural plate forms CNS? - answerNeural Tube
What type of fibers stay in the same hemisphere? - answerAssociation
What type of fibers connect 2 different hemispheres? - answerCommissural (ex =
corpus collosum)
Which type of fibers goes from Brain to Spinal Cord? - answerProjection
, How many neurons participate in stretch reflex? - answerTwo
Which layer contains Betz Cells? - answerInner Pyramidal
What brain flexure develops between metencpalon and myelencephalon? -
answerPontine flexure
1. Extrafusal muscle fibers
2. Intrafusal muscle fibers - answer1. Alpha motor neurons
2. Gamma motor neurons
Which neuron types are multipolar? - answer1. Spinal Ganglia
2. Outer pyramidal layer of cortex
3. Inner granule layer of cortex
Bipolar - answerVestibular ganglion
Dorsal root ganglion - answerUnipolar
Name 3 cell types found in the Cerebral Cortex? - answer1. Pyramidal
2. Bipolar
3. Stellate
The conus medullaris ends at what level? - answerL2
How many weeks after conception does cns develop? - answer3 weeks
Arcuate fibers connect what? - answerBroca's area and Wernicke
Sensory structures in the spinal cord and braintem are - answerDorsal and Lateral
Ventricular zone - answerinnermost layer
contains immature cells, germ or stem cells
Intermediate zone - answerNeuroblast or Glioblas
Marginal Zone - answermature cells
Most common type of synapse? - answerAxodendritic
Largest part of the Human Brain is... - answerMETENcephalon
How many layers does the cerebral cortex have? - answer6
What flexure between spinal cord and medulla? - answerCervical
