USAHS Clinical Neuroscience
Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
What are the 5 steps of neurological development in order? -
Answer: Neurulation, cell proliferation, migration and aggregation, formation of
axonal and dendritic processes, and synaptogenesis
Question: ______________ involves the formation of the neural crest and neural
tube. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: Cell proliferation occurs within the ________ _______. -
Answer: Neural tube
,Question: During the migration and aggregation phase of embryological
development the cells migrate/aggregate within _________ locations. -
Answer: Definitive
Question: True or false:
Cranial nerves are formed during the formation of axonal and dendritic processes
phase of embryological development. -
Answer: True
Question: ____________ occurs around day 14 of development. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: During __________ the embryo is in the process of gastrolation. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: The __________ is three cell layers thick and includes the ectoderm,
mesoderm, and endoderm. -
Answer: Gastrula
,Question: The entire nervous system is derived from the ____________
___________. -
Answer: Embryonic ectoderm
Question: On day _____ the notochord develops followed by the neural tube on
day _______. -
Answer: 21, 28
Question: The _______ ________ develops into the the entire CNS. -
Answer: Neural tube
Question: Neural crest cells develop into the ______. -
Answer: PNS
Question: What two pathologies can occur during the first stage of embryological
development? -
Answer: Spina bifida (failure of POSTERIOR neuropore to close) and
anencephaly (failure of the ANTERIOR neuropore to close)
, Question: What does the prosencephalon divide into? -
Answer: telencephalon and diencephalon
Question: What are the derivatives of the telencephalon and diencephalon? -
Answer: telencephalon: rhinoencephalon (lateral ventricles)
diencephalon: thalamus, hypothalamus, optic nerves, neurohypophysis, and pineal
gland (third ventricle)
Question: What is the derivative of the mesencephalon? -
Answer: Midbrain (cerebral aqueduct)
Question: What does the rhombencephalon divide into? -
Answer: metencephalon and myelencephalon
Question: What are the derivatives of the metencephalon and myelencephalon? -
Answer: Metencephalon: cerebellum and pons (fourth ventricle)
Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
What are the 5 steps of neurological development in order? -
Answer: Neurulation, cell proliferation, migration and aggregation, formation of
axonal and dendritic processes, and synaptogenesis
Question: ______________ involves the formation of the neural crest and neural
tube. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: Cell proliferation occurs within the ________ _______. -
Answer: Neural tube
,Question: During the migration and aggregation phase of embryological
development the cells migrate/aggregate within _________ locations. -
Answer: Definitive
Question: True or false:
Cranial nerves are formed during the formation of axonal and dendritic processes
phase of embryological development. -
Answer: True
Question: ____________ occurs around day 14 of development. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: During __________ the embryo is in the process of gastrolation. -
Answer: Neurulation
Question: The __________ is three cell layers thick and includes the ectoderm,
mesoderm, and endoderm. -
Answer: Gastrula
,Question: The entire nervous system is derived from the ____________
___________. -
Answer: Embryonic ectoderm
Question: On day _____ the notochord develops followed by the neural tube on
day _______. -
Answer: 21, 28
Question: The _______ ________ develops into the the entire CNS. -
Answer: Neural tube
Question: Neural crest cells develop into the ______. -
Answer: PNS
Question: What two pathologies can occur during the first stage of embryological
development? -
Answer: Spina bifida (failure of POSTERIOR neuropore to close) and
anencephaly (failure of the ANTERIOR neuropore to close)
, Question: What does the prosencephalon divide into? -
Answer: telencephalon and diencephalon
Question: What are the derivatives of the telencephalon and diencephalon? -
Answer: telencephalon: rhinoencephalon (lateral ventricles)
diencephalon: thalamus, hypothalamus, optic nerves, neurohypophysis, and pineal
gland (third ventricle)
Question: What is the derivative of the mesencephalon? -
Answer: Midbrain (cerebral aqueduct)
Question: What does the rhombencephalon divide into? -
Answer: metencephalon and myelencephalon
Question: What are the derivatives of the metencephalon and myelencephalon? -
Answer: Metencephalon: cerebellum and pons (fourth ventricle)
