NEUROBIOLOGY EXAM 4 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
1st Pain caused by - Correct Answers -A Fibers
Bulk of muscle mass which functions to move the bones around the joints consist of -
Correct Answers -Striated skeletal
Muscle spindle innervated by - Correct Answers -Intrafusal muscles
Ossicles are part of the - Correct Answers -middle ear
Red nucleus is not part of - Correct Answers -Basal Ganglia
Both the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANS control peripheral
targets via monosynaptic pathways - Correct Answers -False
At the level of the heart, sympathetic and parapsympathetic divisions of the ANS are
antagonistic - Correct Answers -True
Cerebellar damage produces movements that are dysnergic and dysmetric - Correct
Answers -True
Neurological disorders characterized by profound loss of neurons, particularly in the
caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus - Correct Answers -Huntingtons
Brodmann's area 4 - Correct Answers -Primary Motor Cortex M1
The regulatory process maintains body's internal environment - Correct Answers -
Homeostasis
Anterior pituitary secretes - Correct Answers -CRH (corticotropin releasing hormone)
Neurological part of the PNS of ANS - Correct Answers -Vagus Nerve (X)
Kluver Bucy - Correct Answers -Destruction of Temporal lobes
Synapse dendrite connection to dendrite - Correct Answers -Dendrodendritic
Ion not involved in action potential - Correct Answers -H+
, Receptor benzodiazepine bind to GABA to - Correct Answers -Reduce anxiety
Lesions of the brain region which causes flattening emotions - Correct Answers -
Amygdala
Neurotransmitter of the preganglionic neurons in the sympathetic division - Correct
Answers -Acetylcholine
nueroleptic drug (incl. to control schizophrenia) are selective blockers of - Correct
Answers -D2 Receptors
A motor neurons originate from - Correct Answers -Ventral horns of Spinal Cord
Descending spinal tracts are comprised in gray matter of the spinal cord - Correct
Answers -False
The rubrospinal tract decussates at the level of the medulla oblongata - Correct
Answers -False
Oxytocin and ADH are two hormones released by magnocellular neurosecretory cells of
the hypothalamus into capillaries of the posterior lobe of the pituitary - Correct Answers
-True
The James Lange Theory states that emotions are experienced in response to
physiological changes in the body - Correct Answers -True
The hypothalamus plays a role in aggression - Correct Answers -True
The corticospinal tract forms the medullary pyramid on the ventral surface of the
medulla oblongata - Correct Answers -True
Bipolar cells have center surround receptive fields - Correct Answers -True
The cerebellar cortex consists of the vermis and two cerebellar hemispheres - Correct
Answers -True
Muscle spindles and associated axons are examples of nocireceptors - Correct
Answers -False
Along axons, myelin allows saltatory conduction - Correct Answers -True
The knee-jerk reflex is an example of a myotactic reflex - Correct Answers -True
Muscle fibers that form the muscle spindle are extrafusal fibers - Correct Answers -
False
AND ANSWERS
1st Pain caused by - Correct Answers -A Fibers
Bulk of muscle mass which functions to move the bones around the joints consist of -
Correct Answers -Striated skeletal
Muscle spindle innervated by - Correct Answers -Intrafusal muscles
Ossicles are part of the - Correct Answers -middle ear
Red nucleus is not part of - Correct Answers -Basal Ganglia
Both the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANS control peripheral
targets via monosynaptic pathways - Correct Answers -False
At the level of the heart, sympathetic and parapsympathetic divisions of the ANS are
antagonistic - Correct Answers -True
Cerebellar damage produces movements that are dysnergic and dysmetric - Correct
Answers -True
Neurological disorders characterized by profound loss of neurons, particularly in the
caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus - Correct Answers -Huntingtons
Brodmann's area 4 - Correct Answers -Primary Motor Cortex M1
The regulatory process maintains body's internal environment - Correct Answers -
Homeostasis
Anterior pituitary secretes - Correct Answers -CRH (corticotropin releasing hormone)
Neurological part of the PNS of ANS - Correct Answers -Vagus Nerve (X)
Kluver Bucy - Correct Answers -Destruction of Temporal lobes
Synapse dendrite connection to dendrite - Correct Answers -Dendrodendritic
Ion not involved in action potential - Correct Answers -H+
, Receptor benzodiazepine bind to GABA to - Correct Answers -Reduce anxiety
Lesions of the brain region which causes flattening emotions - Correct Answers -
Amygdala
Neurotransmitter of the preganglionic neurons in the sympathetic division - Correct
Answers -Acetylcholine
nueroleptic drug (incl. to control schizophrenia) are selective blockers of - Correct
Answers -D2 Receptors
A motor neurons originate from - Correct Answers -Ventral horns of Spinal Cord
Descending spinal tracts are comprised in gray matter of the spinal cord - Correct
Answers -False
The rubrospinal tract decussates at the level of the medulla oblongata - Correct
Answers -False
Oxytocin and ADH are two hormones released by magnocellular neurosecretory cells of
the hypothalamus into capillaries of the posterior lobe of the pituitary - Correct Answers
-True
The James Lange Theory states that emotions are experienced in response to
physiological changes in the body - Correct Answers -True
The hypothalamus plays a role in aggression - Correct Answers -True
The corticospinal tract forms the medullary pyramid on the ventral surface of the
medulla oblongata - Correct Answers -True
Bipolar cells have center surround receptive fields - Correct Answers -True
The cerebellar cortex consists of the vermis and two cerebellar hemispheres - Correct
Answers -True
Muscle spindles and associated axons are examples of nocireceptors - Correct
Answers -False
Along axons, myelin allows saltatory conduction - Correct Answers -True
The knee-jerk reflex is an example of a myotactic reflex - Correct Answers -True
Muscle fibers that form the muscle spindle are extrafusal fibers - Correct Answers -
False
