NERVOUS SYSTEM TEST BANK EXAM
CHAPTER #8 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is an extension of the dura mater that projects downward into the
longitudinal fissure to separate the cerebral hemispheres?
a) tentorium cerebelli
b) tentorium cerebri
c) falx cerebelli
d) falx cerebri - Answer-d) falx cerebri
What is the function of the tentorium cerebelli?
a) separate the cerebral hemispheres
b) separate the cerebellar hemispheres
c) separate the cerebral occipital lobe from the cerebellum
d) separate the cerebellum from the temporal lobes of the cerebrum - Answer-c)
separate the cerebral occipital lobe from the cerebellum
the ventricles of the brain are filled with
a) air
b) cerebrospinal fluid
c) blood
d) lymph - Answer-b) cerebrospinal fluid
Where is the CSF formed?
a) in the meninges
b) in the diploe of the skull
c) in the corpus callosum
d) in the choroid plexus - Answer-D
Networks of capillaries in the ventricles that form CSF are known as
a) choroid plexuses
b) meninges
c) diploe
d) falx cerebri - Answer-A
What is the function of the arachnoid villi?
a) separate the cerebellar hemispheres
b) protect the CNS
c) absorption of CSF into venous blood
d) secrete CSF - Answer-c) absorption of CSF into venous blood
An acute inflammation of the pia mater and arachnoid is called
, a) encephalitis
b) meningitis
c) subdural empyema
d) supradural empyema - Answer-b) meningitis
A brain abscess is usually the result of a
a) trauma
b) osteomyelitis
c) herpes simplex virus
d) chronic infections of sinuses, middle ear, or mastoids or systemic infections -
Answer-d) chronic infections of sinuses, middle ear, or mastoids or systemic infections
What is the most common cause of a subdural empyema?
a) spread of infection from frontal or ethmoid sinuses
b) osteomyelitis
c) herpes simplex virus
d) scalp infection - Answer-a) spread of infection from frontal or ethmoid sinuses
What is the most common primamry malignant brain tumor?
a) dendroma
b) glioma
c) acoustic neuroma
d) meningioma - Answer-b) glioma
Which of the following types of gliomas are slow growing and tend to calcify?
a) astrocytoma
b) glioblastoma
c) medulloblastoma
d) oligodendrocytoma - Answer-d) oligodendrocytoma
Which of the following is the most common type of glioma?
a) oligodendrocytoma
b) glioblastoma multiforme
c) astrocytoma
d) ependymomas - Answer-c) astrocytoma
Which of the following is a slow growing benign tumor that occurs on the 8th cranial
nerve?
a) acoustic neuroma
b) pineal tumor
c) glioblastoma
d) oligodendrocytoma - Answer-a) acoustic neuroma
What are the most common primary malignancies that metastasize to the brain?
a) liver and lung
b) prostate and breast
CHAPTER #8 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is an extension of the dura mater that projects downward into the
longitudinal fissure to separate the cerebral hemispheres?
a) tentorium cerebelli
b) tentorium cerebri
c) falx cerebelli
d) falx cerebri - Answer-d) falx cerebri
What is the function of the tentorium cerebelli?
a) separate the cerebral hemispheres
b) separate the cerebellar hemispheres
c) separate the cerebral occipital lobe from the cerebellum
d) separate the cerebellum from the temporal lobes of the cerebrum - Answer-c)
separate the cerebral occipital lobe from the cerebellum
the ventricles of the brain are filled with
a) air
b) cerebrospinal fluid
c) blood
d) lymph - Answer-b) cerebrospinal fluid
Where is the CSF formed?
a) in the meninges
b) in the diploe of the skull
c) in the corpus callosum
d) in the choroid plexus - Answer-D
Networks of capillaries in the ventricles that form CSF are known as
a) choroid plexuses
b) meninges
c) diploe
d) falx cerebri - Answer-A
What is the function of the arachnoid villi?
a) separate the cerebellar hemispheres
b) protect the CNS
c) absorption of CSF into venous blood
d) secrete CSF - Answer-c) absorption of CSF into venous blood
An acute inflammation of the pia mater and arachnoid is called
, a) encephalitis
b) meningitis
c) subdural empyema
d) supradural empyema - Answer-b) meningitis
A brain abscess is usually the result of a
a) trauma
b) osteomyelitis
c) herpes simplex virus
d) chronic infections of sinuses, middle ear, or mastoids or systemic infections -
Answer-d) chronic infections of sinuses, middle ear, or mastoids or systemic infections
What is the most common cause of a subdural empyema?
a) spread of infection from frontal or ethmoid sinuses
b) osteomyelitis
c) herpes simplex virus
d) scalp infection - Answer-a) spread of infection from frontal or ethmoid sinuses
What is the most common primamry malignant brain tumor?
a) dendroma
b) glioma
c) acoustic neuroma
d) meningioma - Answer-b) glioma
Which of the following types of gliomas are slow growing and tend to calcify?
a) astrocytoma
b) glioblastoma
c) medulloblastoma
d) oligodendrocytoma - Answer-d) oligodendrocytoma
Which of the following is the most common type of glioma?
a) oligodendrocytoma
b) glioblastoma multiforme
c) astrocytoma
d) ependymomas - Answer-c) astrocytoma
Which of the following is a slow growing benign tumor that occurs on the 8th cranial
nerve?
a) acoustic neuroma
b) pineal tumor
c) glioblastoma
d) oligodendrocytoma - Answer-a) acoustic neuroma
What are the most common primary malignancies that metastasize to the brain?
a) liver and lung
b) prostate and breast
