Pathology Chapter 8 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED.
Central & Peripheral - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Two systems of the nervous
system
Brain & Spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What does the central nervous
system consist of?
12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, autonomic nerves, and ganglia -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What does the Peripheral nervous system consist of?
choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Where is Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
formed?
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅are networks of capillaries that project
from the pia matter into the lateral ventricles and into the roofs of the third and fourth
ventricles.
basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Deep within the white matter are a few
islands of gray matter collectively called?
Btw the cerebrum and the spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Where does the
brainstem lie?
Somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅supplies the striated skeletal
muscles
Autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅supplies smooth muscle,
cardiac muscle, and glandular epithelial tissue.
Neuron - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Basic unit of the nervous system
Myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a fatty covering that insulates axons
Multiple sclerosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Deterioration of the fatty myelin sheath
is a characteristic abnormality in what disease?
, Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅primarily functions as a relay station that
receives and processes sensory information of almost all kinds of sensory impulses
before sending this information on to the cerebral cortex.
Cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅acts with the cerebral cortex to produce
skilled movements by coordinating the activities of muscle groups.
Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is the largest part of the brain
Dura mater - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅refers to the tough outermost covering of the
CNS
Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is an acute inflammation of the pia mater and
arachnoid
Bacterial Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What is the most common form of
meningitis?
Encephalitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a viral inflammation of the meninges
Meningoencephalitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a viral inflammation of the brain
and meninges
Brain Abscess - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is usually a result of chronic infections of
the middle ear, paranasal sinuses, or mastoid air cells or of systemic infections (
pneumonia, bacterial endocarditis, osteomyelitis)
Frontal or Ethmoid sinuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In subdural empyema, the
most common cause is the spread of infection from?
Glioma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅are the most common primary malignant brain
tumors
Direct extension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Gliomas are spread by ___ ___
Middle age adults - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What group of people are gliomas
most common?
Astrocytomas - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅most common type of glioma
Oligodendrocytoma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Less common type of glioma
Meningioma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a benign tumor that arises from
arachnoid lining cells.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED.
Central & Peripheral - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Two systems of the nervous
system
Brain & Spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What does the central nervous
system consist of?
12 pairs of cranial nerves, 31 pairs of spinal nerves, autonomic nerves, and ganglia -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What does the Peripheral nervous system consist of?
choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Where is Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
formed?
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅are networks of capillaries that project
from the pia matter into the lateral ventricles and into the roofs of the third and fourth
ventricles.
basal ganglia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Deep within the white matter are a few
islands of gray matter collectively called?
Btw the cerebrum and the spinal cord - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Where does the
brainstem lie?
Somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅supplies the striated skeletal
muscles
Autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅supplies smooth muscle,
cardiac muscle, and glandular epithelial tissue.
Neuron - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Basic unit of the nervous system
Myelin sheath - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅a fatty covering that insulates axons
Multiple sclerosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Deterioration of the fatty myelin sheath
is a characteristic abnormality in what disease?
, Thalamus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅primarily functions as a relay station that
receives and processes sensory information of almost all kinds of sensory impulses
before sending this information on to the cerebral cortex.
Cerebellum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅acts with the cerebral cortex to produce
skilled movements by coordinating the activities of muscle groups.
Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is the largest part of the brain
Dura mater - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅refers to the tough outermost covering of the
CNS
Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is an acute inflammation of the pia mater and
arachnoid
Bacterial Meningitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What is the most common form of
meningitis?
Encephalitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a viral inflammation of the meninges
Meningoencephalitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a viral inflammation of the brain
and meninges
Brain Abscess - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is usually a result of chronic infections of
the middle ear, paranasal sinuses, or mastoid air cells or of systemic infections (
pneumonia, bacterial endocarditis, osteomyelitis)
Frontal or Ethmoid sinuses - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In subdural empyema, the
most common cause is the spread of infection from?
Glioma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅are the most common primary malignant brain
tumors
Direct extension - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Gliomas are spread by ___ ___
Middle age adults - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅What group of people are gliomas
most common?
Astrocytomas - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅most common type of glioma
Oligodendrocytoma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Less common type of glioma
Meningioma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅is a benign tumor that arises from
arachnoid lining cells.
