MEDICAL NEUROSCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MEDICAL NEUROSCIENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Bilateral leg - Answer---> superior (somatotopic)

Frontal Medial CTX
1. confusion
2.apathy
3. reflexes,
4. incontinance

--> SC (ventral horns below T1)
reflex loss (hypo/a - reflexia)
autonomic dysfunction

Cerebellar Ataxia - Answer-Truncal:
1. drunk-like gait
2. difficulty sitting

Appendicular:
1. abnormal movements in extremities
2. Dysmetria

(A) Primary Sensory CTX or thalamus - Answer-1. contralateral lesion to site
2. discrimitive touch and joint position reduced
3. Extinction
4. stereognosis
5. agraphesthesia
6. UMN paresis
7. anopia
8. aphasia

(B) lateral Pontine or medullary

anterolateral pathway - Answer-1. contralateral pain/temp loss
2. ipsilateral face pain + temp loss
3. hemiparesis (including neck)
4.dysarthria
5. dysphagia

(C) medial medullary lesion - Answer-1. contralateral vibration + proprioception loss
2. Ipsilateral face pain+temp loss
3. hemiparesis inclusing neck
4 ipsilateral tongue weakness

posterior column pathway - Answer-tingling/numbness

Anteriolateral column pathway - Answer-sharp, burning pain