CNIM - ABRET Practice Exam Questions with correct answers

Cavities inside the skull - Answer Anterior/middle/posterior fossa Cranial bones - Answer Frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid (unpaired). Parietal & temporal (paired). Mental protuberance - Answer chin bone MCA supply of the cerebral cortex - Answer Hand + face/mouth/auditory Cranial nerves - Answer -12 pairs (Mixed fibers: sensory/motor/both). -Emerge @ irregular intervals from the brain. -Nuclei displacement: Motor = medial Sensory = lateral Meckle's Cave - Answer Depression in the medial middle fossa where CN V ganglion sits Low frequency sounds - Answer @ apex of cochlea Area of spine w/ small pedicles, long spinous process, large inter-vertebral foramen - Answer Thoracic Neuroforamen - Answer Opening w/in the spinal canal for nerve roots to enter the SC