Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
Exam Questions and Answers
Clinical Neuroscience -
correct answer ✅focuses on understanding the fundamental
mechanisms that underlie diseases & disorders of brain &
peripheral NS
Neuropsychology -
correct answer ✅Brain function as it relates to specific
psychological processes & behaviours
consciousness -
correct answer ✅arousal state maintained by integration of inter-
related brain networks
Glasgow Coma Scale -
correct answer ✅evaluate consciousness
cranial nerves -
correct answer ✅source of anxiety-related acquired behaviours
such as;
-aberrant eye movements
-voice changes
,Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
Exam Questions and Answers
-gut & jaw tension
Prosencephalon -
correct answer ✅forebrain (telencephalon and diencephalon)
telencephalon -
correct answer ✅cerebral hemispheres
Diencephalon -
correct answer ✅thalamus and hypothalamus
Mesencephalon -
correct answer ✅midbrain
Rhombencephalon -
correct answer ✅Hindbrain (metencephalon and myelencephalon)
Metencephalon -
correct answer ✅pons and cerebellum
, Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
Exam Questions and Answers
Myelencephalon -
correct answer ✅medulla oblongata
when cell migration is complete -
correct answer ✅18th gestation week
Myelination -
correct answer ✅the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons
of a neuron; speeds up neural transmission
Attention -
correct answer ✅foundational skill essential for development of
other cognitive skills
executive functions -
correct answer ✅cognitive flexibility, goal setting, attentional
control & information processing
intellectual disability -
correct answer ✅impairment affecting adaptive functioning in
conceptual, social & practical domains
Exam Questions and Answers
Clinical Neuroscience -
correct answer ✅focuses on understanding the fundamental
mechanisms that underlie diseases & disorders of brain &
peripheral NS
Neuropsychology -
correct answer ✅Brain function as it relates to specific
psychological processes & behaviours
consciousness -
correct answer ✅arousal state maintained by integration of inter-
related brain networks
Glasgow Coma Scale -
correct answer ✅evaluate consciousness
cranial nerves -
correct answer ✅source of anxiety-related acquired behaviours
such as;
-aberrant eye movements
-voice changes
,Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
Exam Questions and Answers
-gut & jaw tension
Prosencephalon -
correct answer ✅forebrain (telencephalon and diencephalon)
telencephalon -
correct answer ✅cerebral hemispheres
Diencephalon -
correct answer ✅thalamus and hypothalamus
Mesencephalon -
correct answer ✅midbrain
Rhombencephalon -
correct answer ✅Hindbrain (metencephalon and myelencephalon)
Metencephalon -
correct answer ✅pons and cerebellum
, Clinical Neuroscience & Neuropsychology
Exam Questions and Answers
Myelencephalon -
correct answer ✅medulla oblongata
when cell migration is complete -
correct answer ✅18th gestation week
Myelination -
correct answer ✅the formation of a fatty sheath around the axons
of a neuron; speeds up neural transmission
Attention -
correct answer ✅foundational skill essential for development of
other cognitive skills
executive functions -
correct answer ✅cognitive flexibility, goal setting, attentional
control & information processing
intellectual disability -
correct answer ✅impairment affecting adaptive functioning in
conceptual, social & practical domains
