CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

●● Spinal region includes
Answer: all parts encased within the vertebral column (spinal cord and
axons attached to the cord until they exit the intervertebral foramen)


●● Spinal region extents from ___________ to ______________
Answer: From: foramen magnum of skull
To: level of L1/L2
Distally ends in the conus medullaris


●● Spinal cord function
Answer: to convey information between the central and peripheral
nervous systems (bring in sensory information and allow for production
of motor output)


●● Five regions of spinal cord
Answer: Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal


●● How many cervical vertebrae are there?

,Answer: 7 (C1-C7)


●● How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
Answer: 12 (T1-T12)


●● How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
Answer: 5 (L1-L5)


●● How many sacral vertebrae are there?
Answer: 5 (S1-S5)


●● How many coccygeal vertebrae are there?
Answer: 1 pair


●● How many cervical spinal nerves are there?
Answer: 8


●● Where do the spinal nerves exit from C1-C7?
Answer: the spinal nerves exit ABOVE the respective vertebra


●● Where does the C8 spinal nerve exit?
Answer: BELOW C7 and ABOVE T1

, ●● Where do the spinal nerves exit from T1 and below?
Answer: the spinal nerves exit BELOW the respective vertebra


●● The extensions from the spinal cord form the
Answer: Cotta Aquinas


●● Three major parts of brainstem
Answer: medulla, pons, and midbrain


●● Cranial nerves innervate:
Answer: structures of the head and neck


●● Vagus Nerve (10) innervates what additional structures?
Answer: stuctures of abdominal and thoracic viscera


●● Brainstem is also known as:
Answer: the cerebellar region


●● Brainstem contains information traveling between...
Answer: cortex, cerebellum, and cerebrum