FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 8TH EDITION KOLB
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What are nerves? Answer: bundles of axons in the PNS
◉ What are nuclei? Answer: clusters of cell bodies in the CNS
◉ What are ganglia? Answer: clusters of cell bodies in the PNS
◉ What is a hematoma? Answer: A blood clot within the brain
◉ What is an infarct? Answer: An area of dead brain matter
◉ What is atrophy? Answer: Neuronal loss, characterized by shriveled,
shrunken cortex and white matter
◉ What is diffuse brain damage? Answer: Damage that affects many
areas of the brain (eg, dementia)
◉ What are radial glia? Answer: Specialized type of astrocyte that
guides migration of neurons during embryonic development
, ◉ What is pia mater? Answer: The innermost protective membrane of
the CNS
◉ What are tight junctions? Answer: Cells of blood vessel walls are
tightly packed to protect blood/brain barrier. Don't permit the passage of
proteins and other large molecules, but fat soluble proteins (like sex
hormones) can get through.
◉ What is dura mater? Answer: The outermost protective membrane of
the CNS
◉ What is a lesion? Answer: A general term to for any area of damage
in the brain
◉ What is arachnoid mater? Answer: The middle protective layer of the
CNS
◉ What are microglia? Answer: Small "scavenger" glia cells that get rid
of waste
◉ What are afferent nerves? Answer: Carry information TO CNS (from
ANS, internal organs)
◉ What are efferent nerves? Answer: Carry information FROM CNS (to
internal organs, or from motor to skeletal neurons)
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 8TH EDITION KOLB
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ What are nerves? Answer: bundles of axons in the PNS
◉ What are nuclei? Answer: clusters of cell bodies in the CNS
◉ What are ganglia? Answer: clusters of cell bodies in the PNS
◉ What is a hematoma? Answer: A blood clot within the brain
◉ What is an infarct? Answer: An area of dead brain matter
◉ What is atrophy? Answer: Neuronal loss, characterized by shriveled,
shrunken cortex and white matter
◉ What is diffuse brain damage? Answer: Damage that affects many
areas of the brain (eg, dementia)
◉ What are radial glia? Answer: Specialized type of astrocyte that
guides migration of neurons during embryonic development
, ◉ What is pia mater? Answer: The innermost protective membrane of
the CNS
◉ What are tight junctions? Answer: Cells of blood vessel walls are
tightly packed to protect blood/brain barrier. Don't permit the passage of
proteins and other large molecules, but fat soluble proteins (like sex
hormones) can get through.
◉ What is dura mater? Answer: The outermost protective membrane of
the CNS
◉ What is a lesion? Answer: A general term to for any area of damage
in the brain
◉ What is arachnoid mater? Answer: The middle protective layer of the
CNS
◉ What are microglia? Answer: Small "scavenger" glia cells that get rid
of waste
◉ What are afferent nerves? Answer: Carry information TO CNS (from
ANS, internal organs)
◉ What are efferent nerves? Answer: Carry information FROM CNS (to
internal organs, or from motor to skeletal neurons)
