CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE UPDATED
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Peripheral NS
Answer: nerves, including cranial nerves
●● Origin of Neurosurgery
Answer: Trepanation
●● Trepanation (and appx. date)
Answer: Cutting a hole in the skull to relieve intracranial pressure (2000
BC & 1488-1516)
●● Thomas Willis (1621-1675)
Answer: Circle of Willis, Originated Neurology, Name of CN
●● Phrenology
Answer: skull size/shape determines personality
●● 1st principle of phrenology
Answer: The brain is the organ of the mind
,●● 2nd principle of phrenology
Answer: The mind is split up into faculties, each controlling a different
part of your personality, and each localized to a different organ of the
brain
●● 3rd principle of phrenology
Answer: The size of the organ is representative of the energy of the
faculty
●● 4th principle of phrenology
Answer: These bumps are apparent on the skull and so by feeling the
head and noting size differences in certain places you can obtain info on
the subject's personality
●● Paul Broca (1824-1880)
Answer: Localization of function - Patient Tan
●● Cecile Mugnier-Vogt (1875-1962)
Answer: Compared mammals and humans & found similarity, studied
inherited basal ganglia neurodegeneration using post-mortem
neuropathology, pathoclisis
●● Pathoclisis
, Answer: selective vulnerability of certain neurons leading to pathology
●● Agusta Dejerine-Klumpke (1859-1927)
Answer: Klumpke's paralysis (brachial plexus injury)
●● Marian Diamond (1926-2017)
Answer: Significance of glial cells (Einstein's brain), Neuroplasticity
advances
●● CS - Buzz Juice: Neurological sequelae of synthetic cannabinoids
Answer: Multi-organ failure after inhailing Buzz Juice
Neuro Exam, EEG, CSF, and MRI were performed
Husband had no symptoms
●● Cerebral cortex %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 19% Neurons 82% Mass
●● Cerebellum %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 80% Neurons 10% Mass
●● Rest of Brain %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 1% Neurons 8% Mass
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● Peripheral NS
Answer: nerves, including cranial nerves
●● Origin of Neurosurgery
Answer: Trepanation
●● Trepanation (and appx. date)
Answer: Cutting a hole in the skull to relieve intracranial pressure (2000
BC & 1488-1516)
●● Thomas Willis (1621-1675)
Answer: Circle of Willis, Originated Neurology, Name of CN
●● Phrenology
Answer: skull size/shape determines personality
●● 1st principle of phrenology
Answer: The brain is the organ of the mind
,●● 2nd principle of phrenology
Answer: The mind is split up into faculties, each controlling a different
part of your personality, and each localized to a different organ of the
brain
●● 3rd principle of phrenology
Answer: The size of the organ is representative of the energy of the
faculty
●● 4th principle of phrenology
Answer: These bumps are apparent on the skull and so by feeling the
head and noting size differences in certain places you can obtain info on
the subject's personality
●● Paul Broca (1824-1880)
Answer: Localization of function - Patient Tan
●● Cecile Mugnier-Vogt (1875-1962)
Answer: Compared mammals and humans & found similarity, studied
inherited basal ganglia neurodegeneration using post-mortem
neuropathology, pathoclisis
●● Pathoclisis
, Answer: selective vulnerability of certain neurons leading to pathology
●● Agusta Dejerine-Klumpke (1859-1927)
Answer: Klumpke's paralysis (brachial plexus injury)
●● Marian Diamond (1926-2017)
Answer: Significance of glial cells (Einstein's brain), Neuroplasticity
advances
●● CS - Buzz Juice: Neurological sequelae of synthetic cannabinoids
Answer: Multi-organ failure after inhailing Buzz Juice
Neuro Exam, EEG, CSF, and MRI were performed
Husband had no symptoms
●● Cerebral cortex %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 19% Neurons 82% Mass
●● Cerebellum %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 80% Neurons 10% Mass
●● Rest of Brain %Neurons and %Mass
Answer: 1% Neurons 8% Mass
