EEG 200Exam Questions and Answers
True/False: The brain and spinal cord occupy the dorsal cavity - Answer-True
The vertebral column consist of ______ bones. - Answer-7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 Lumbar
5 fused Sacral
4 fused Cocygeal
Which glia cell lines the ventricles? - Answer-Ependyma
Which of the following membranes cause a vibration that sets off the ossicles? - Answer-Tympanic
Which of the following carries blood toward the heart? - Answer-Vein
Which of the following are fibers in the thalamus that receive acoustic signals? - Answer-Medial
geniculate bodies
The _____suture joins the left and right parietal bones - Answer-Sagittal
, Which of the following best describes rods and cones? - Answer-They are in the retina, rods see at night
& cones during the day
The nasal field of vision projects to the: - Answer-Temporal portion of the eyeball
Which meninge is the innermost (closest to the brain)? - Answer-Pia
Which of the following is NOT part of the brainstem? - Answer-Basal ganglia
All synapses have common characteristics, which can be summarized in this ordered list: - Answer-1-
presynaptic element
2-neurotransmitter (packaged in vesicles)
3-synaptic cleft
4-receptor proteins
5- postsynaptic element
6- neurotransmitter elimination or re-uptake
True/False: White matter in the CNS contains many cell bodies. - Answer-False
During an absolute refractory period: - Answer-the cell is incapable of responding to any stimulus
Which of the following best describes an excitatory post synaptic potential? - Answer-depolarizes the
cell making it more positive, increases the permeability of potassium and makes it less likely to fire
If a patient is completely blind in one eye, the problem is: - Answer-in the eye itself or the optic nerve
True/False: The brain and spinal cord occupy the dorsal cavity - Answer-True
The vertebral column consist of ______ bones. - Answer-7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 Lumbar
5 fused Sacral
4 fused Cocygeal
Which glia cell lines the ventricles? - Answer-Ependyma
Which of the following membranes cause a vibration that sets off the ossicles? - Answer-Tympanic
Which of the following carries blood toward the heart? - Answer-Vein
Which of the following are fibers in the thalamus that receive acoustic signals? - Answer-Medial
geniculate bodies
The _____suture joins the left and right parietal bones - Answer-Sagittal
, Which of the following best describes rods and cones? - Answer-They are in the retina, rods see at night
& cones during the day
The nasal field of vision projects to the: - Answer-Temporal portion of the eyeball
Which meninge is the innermost (closest to the brain)? - Answer-Pia
Which of the following is NOT part of the brainstem? - Answer-Basal ganglia
All synapses have common characteristics, which can be summarized in this ordered list: - Answer-1-
presynaptic element
2-neurotransmitter (packaged in vesicles)
3-synaptic cleft
4-receptor proteins
5- postsynaptic element
6- neurotransmitter elimination or re-uptake
True/False: White matter in the CNS contains many cell bodies. - Answer-False
During an absolute refractory period: - Answer-the cell is incapable of responding to any stimulus
Which of the following best describes an excitatory post synaptic potential? - Answer-depolarizes the
cell making it more positive, increases the permeability of potassium and makes it less likely to fire
If a patient is completely blind in one eye, the problem is: - Answer-in the eye itself or the optic nerve
