CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
asomatoagnosia - Answer-general term for agnosia for your own body
anosognosia - Answer-unawareness of illness or disability
anosodiaphoria - Answer-indifference to illness
autopagnosia - Answer-inability to recognize or identify body parts
finger agnosia - Answer-inability to recognize your own fingers
ideomotor apraxia - Answer-inability to imitate/pantomine/ use objects
vestibular system - Answer-what system is responsible for balance
semicircular canals - Answer-3 fluid filled tubes in the inner ear
ampulla - Answer-enlarged region at the base of semicircular canal containing hair
cells
utricle, saccule - Answer-2 fluid filled sacs that send signal to make the muscle
adjustment to not fall over
cortex, basal ganglia/cerebellum, brainstem/spinal cord - Answer-3 components of
motor system
cortex - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for planning movements and
giving commands
basal ganglia/cerebellum - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for
refinement and motion adjustment
brainstem/spinal cord - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for execution of
movement and central pattern generators
both - Answer-are muscles or movements represented in the motor cortex?
supplementary motor area - Answer-what are is responsible for initiation of
preplanned movement sequences
dorsal pathway - Answer-which pathway sends touch information from skin receptor
to the brain
, primary somatosensory cortex - Answer-where does the dorsal pathway end in the
brain
anterolateral (spinothalamic) pathway - Answer-pathway that sends pain and
temperature information from skin to the brain
spinal cord - Answer-where does decussation occur in the anterolateral
(spinothalamic) pathway
somatosensory cortex - Answer-where does the anterolateral/spinothalamic end in
the brain
A delta and C fibers - Answer-which fibers receive sensory stimuli to send to the
brain in the anterolateral/spinothalamic pathway
pyramidal (corticospinal) pathway - Answer-pathway that sends motor information
from the brain to the spinal
between upper and lower medulla - Answer-where does the pyramidal pathway
decussate
primary motor cortex - Answer-where does pyramidal pathway begin in the brain
upper motor neurons - Answer-this motor neuron lesion causes increased muscle
tone, increased reflex sign and babinski sign, can be caused by a stroke
lower motor neurons - Answer-this motor neuron lesion causes decreased muscle
tone, decreased reflex sign, rapid muscle wasting
prosody - Answer-sing song nature of language
graphestesia - Answer-Ability to ID numbers, letters, or symbols traced on a patient's
palm or back
nociception - Answer-the perception of unpleasant stimuli (pain and temperature)
hapsis - Answer-the perception of objects using fine touch and pressure
proprioception - Answer-body sense
S1 - Answer-damage to this area would cause abnormally high sensory threshold,
clumsy movement
somatosensory agnosia - Answer-inability to process somatosensory information
astereognosia - Answer-inability to recognize objects by touch
optic ataxia - Answer-inability to accurately reach for seen object
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
asomatoagnosia - Answer-general term for agnosia for your own body
anosognosia - Answer-unawareness of illness or disability
anosodiaphoria - Answer-indifference to illness
autopagnosia - Answer-inability to recognize or identify body parts
finger agnosia - Answer-inability to recognize your own fingers
ideomotor apraxia - Answer-inability to imitate/pantomine/ use objects
vestibular system - Answer-what system is responsible for balance
semicircular canals - Answer-3 fluid filled tubes in the inner ear
ampulla - Answer-enlarged region at the base of semicircular canal containing hair
cells
utricle, saccule - Answer-2 fluid filled sacs that send signal to make the muscle
adjustment to not fall over
cortex, basal ganglia/cerebellum, brainstem/spinal cord - Answer-3 components of
motor system
cortex - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for planning movements and
giving commands
basal ganglia/cerebellum - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for
refinement and motion adjustment
brainstem/spinal cord - Answer-part of the motor system responsible for execution of
movement and central pattern generators
both - Answer-are muscles or movements represented in the motor cortex?
supplementary motor area - Answer-what are is responsible for initiation of
preplanned movement sequences
dorsal pathway - Answer-which pathway sends touch information from skin receptor
to the brain
, primary somatosensory cortex - Answer-where does the dorsal pathway end in the
brain
anterolateral (spinothalamic) pathway - Answer-pathway that sends pain and
temperature information from skin to the brain
spinal cord - Answer-where does decussation occur in the anterolateral
(spinothalamic) pathway
somatosensory cortex - Answer-where does the anterolateral/spinothalamic end in
the brain
A delta and C fibers - Answer-which fibers receive sensory stimuli to send to the
brain in the anterolateral/spinothalamic pathway
pyramidal (corticospinal) pathway - Answer-pathway that sends motor information
from the brain to the spinal
between upper and lower medulla - Answer-where does the pyramidal pathway
decussate
primary motor cortex - Answer-where does pyramidal pathway begin in the brain
upper motor neurons - Answer-this motor neuron lesion causes increased muscle
tone, increased reflex sign and babinski sign, can be caused by a stroke
lower motor neurons - Answer-this motor neuron lesion causes decreased muscle
tone, decreased reflex sign, rapid muscle wasting
prosody - Answer-sing song nature of language
graphestesia - Answer-Ability to ID numbers, letters, or symbols traced on a patient's
palm or back
nociception - Answer-the perception of unpleasant stimuli (pain and temperature)
hapsis - Answer-the perception of objects using fine touch and pressure
proprioception - Answer-body sense
S1 - Answer-damage to this area would cause abnormally high sensory threshold,
clumsy movement
somatosensory agnosia - Answer-inability to process somatosensory information
astereognosia - Answer-inability to recognize objects by touch
optic ataxia - Answer-inability to accurately reach for seen object
