NEU 101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS < RECENT
VERSION 2025/2026 > SURE TO
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1. What produces cerebrospinal fluid? - ANSWER ✓
choroid plexus
2. Where is the excess cererospinal fluid continuously
absorbed? - ANSWER ✓ It is absorbed into large
blood-filled spaces or dural sinuses
3. What is the blood-brain barrier? - ANSWER ✓
mechanism that impedes the passage of many toxic
substances from the blood into the brain
4. A tumor near the __________ can produce
hydrocephalus - ANSWER ✓ cerebral aqueduct
,5. The vagus nerves are the longest __________ -
ANSWER ✓ Cranial nerves
6. __________ nerves stimulate, organize and mobilize
energy resources in threatening situations - ANSWER
✓ Sympathetic
7. The part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates
the bodys internal environment is the
_________________ - ANSWER ✓ Autonomic
nervous system
8. Techniques for the contract x-ray include: - ANSWER
✓ injecting into one compartment of the body a
substance that absorbs x-rays either less than or more
than the surrounding tissue
9. What is cerebral angiography? - ANSWER ✓ the
infusion of a radio-opaque dye into cerebral artery to
visualize the cerebral circulatory system during x-ray
photography
, 10. What is a CT scan? - ANSWER ✓ Computed
tomography
- a computer assisted x-ray procedure that can be
sued to visualize the brain and other internal
structures of the living body
11. What is a PET scan? - ANSWER ✓ Positron
emission tomography
12. Biogenic Amines - ANSWER ✓ Simple hormones;
water soluble; derived from amino acids; e.g,
epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine
13. Cingulate Gyrus - ANSWER ✓ a beltlike structure in
the middle of the brain that plays an important role in
attention and cognitive control
14. Dopamine - ANSWER ✓ neurotransmitter that
influences voluntary movement, attention, alertness;
lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too
much is linked with schizophrenia
Dopamine is also an important part of reward pathways
and is associated with addiction
CORRECT ANSWERS < RECENT
VERSION 2025/2026 > SURE TO
PASS!!
1. What produces cerebrospinal fluid? - ANSWER ✓
choroid plexus
2. Where is the excess cererospinal fluid continuously
absorbed? - ANSWER ✓ It is absorbed into large
blood-filled spaces or dural sinuses
3. What is the blood-brain barrier? - ANSWER ✓
mechanism that impedes the passage of many toxic
substances from the blood into the brain
4. A tumor near the __________ can produce
hydrocephalus - ANSWER ✓ cerebral aqueduct
,5. The vagus nerves are the longest __________ -
ANSWER ✓ Cranial nerves
6. __________ nerves stimulate, organize and mobilize
energy resources in threatening situations - ANSWER
✓ Sympathetic
7. The part of the peripheral nervous system that regulates
the bodys internal environment is the
_________________ - ANSWER ✓ Autonomic
nervous system
8. Techniques for the contract x-ray include: - ANSWER
✓ injecting into one compartment of the body a
substance that absorbs x-rays either less than or more
than the surrounding tissue
9. What is cerebral angiography? - ANSWER ✓ the
infusion of a radio-opaque dye into cerebral artery to
visualize the cerebral circulatory system during x-ray
photography
, 10. What is a CT scan? - ANSWER ✓ Computed
tomography
- a computer assisted x-ray procedure that can be
sued to visualize the brain and other internal
structures of the living body
11. What is a PET scan? - ANSWER ✓ Positron
emission tomography
12. Biogenic Amines - ANSWER ✓ Simple hormones;
water soluble; derived from amino acids; e.g,
epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine
13. Cingulate Gyrus - ANSWER ✓ a beltlike structure in
the middle of the brain that plays an important role in
attention and cognitive control
14. Dopamine - ANSWER ✓ neurotransmitter that
influences voluntary movement, attention, alertness;
lack of dopamine linked with Parkinson's disease; too
much is linked with schizophrenia
Dopamine is also an important part of reward pathways
and is associated with addiction
