Barry BMS - Neuroscience COMP UPDATED Exam Questions with CORRECT Answers

Barry BMS - Neuroscience COMP
UPDATED Exam Questions with
CORRECT Answers
None of the above = pons - CORRECT ANSWER - To relay the sensory information to
the cerebellum and thalamus and contain viscera somatic and motor


C - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following are true about the CEREBELLUM?
a. the cerebellum relays information to the thalamus
b. relay
c. coordinate complex motor behaviors


Myelencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER - The secondary brain vesicle at 6 weeks which
originates the medulla oblongata


Metencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER - Which region of the adult brain originates the
cerebellum


False, the nerves are part of the PNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Since the cranial nerves are
totally included inside the cranial cavity, like the cerebrum, the diencephalon, mesencephalon,
the cerebellum, and the brain stem. They are also part of the CNS. (T/F)


e. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - The nervous system ....
a. monitors internal stimuli
b. transmit information in the form of action potential
c. interprets and assesses information
d. maintains homeostasis
e. all of the above

,Prefrontal Cortex - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is responsible for
problem solving skillset?


98% - CORRECT ANSWER - The human brain contains almost _____ of the body's
neural tissue?


False - CORRECT ANSWER - The distribution of the gray matter and the white matter is
exactly the same in all regions of the CNS (T/F)


True - CORRECT ANSWER - After properly processing and integrating the sensory
information and comparing to the stored data the CNS (brain and spinal cord) send the
appropriate motor response to the effector via efferent motor pathway. (T/F)


Somatic - CORRECT ANSWER - Voluntary (CONTROL) conduct impulses from CNS to
skeletal muscle


Subarachnoid space - CORRECT ANSWER - This space is filled with CSF



False - CORRECT ANSWER - Cranial nerve 9, 10, 11, 12 go into to the cortex



Cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWER - Provides precise timing. Skeletal muscle contraction



None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - The nervous impulse is transmitted from one
neurons dendrite to another neurons body. What kind of synapse is it?


Presynaptic Terminal - CORRECT ANSWER - Synaptic vesicles containing
neurotransmitters are present in the..?


Ependymal cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Overproduction of the csf is the result of over
activity of the?

, Microglial cells - CORRECT ANSWER - Removes cell debris, waste, etc.



Medulla Nuclei - CORRECT ANSWER - Regulates vomiting, hiccupping, swallowing,
coughing, and sneezing


Mesencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER - Possess sight, sound and associate reflexes.
Maintain consciousness


Diencephalon - CORRECT ANSWER - Links cerebrum to brain stem and integrates
sensory info and motor


Medulla oblongata - CORRECT ANSWER - Sensory information to the thalamus



Smell - CORRECT ANSWER - All sensory information that is projected stop here
(THALAMUS) first except


Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - Regulates body temp, blood pressure, digestive
tract (RATE AND DEPTH OF BREATHING)


Basal Nuclei - CORRECT ANSWER - Subconscious control of skeletal muscle tone,
regulates attention and cognition, regulate intensity of slow or stereotyped movements.


All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following structures is or not
included in the limbic system?
TELENCEPHALON: CINGULATE GYRUS, SEPTAL AREA AND PARAHIPPOCAMPAL
GYRUS DIENCEPHALON AND BRAIN STEM


All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - Which of the following is/are a function of the
limbic system?