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5125 USAHS CLINICAL
NEUROSCIENCE MIDTERM EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Pia mater - correct answer - Innermost layer of the meninges
2. Epidural space - correct answer - between skull and dura mater
3. Subdural space - correct answer - space between dura mater and
arachnoid mater
4. Sub-arachnoid space - correct answer - space between arachnoid mater
and pia mater
5. Blood-brain barrier - correct answer - Protects against foreign invaders,
hormones, and neurotransmitters. Maintains constant environment for
the rest of the brain.
6. Blood enters the brain through - correct answer - carotid arteries and
vertebral arteries that feed to the circle of willis
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7. Major layers of the cerebrum - correct answer - surface grey matter,
white matter, deep gray matter, ventricles
8. Lobes of the brain - correct answer - frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
9. Ischemic stroke - correct answer - a type of stroke that occurs when the
flow of blood to the brain is blocked
10. Thrombotic stroke - correct answer - type of stroke caused by a blood
clot blocking an artery in the brain
11. Central nervous system - correct answer - brain and spinal cord
12. Peripheral nervous system - correct answer - spinal and cranial
nerves
13. Automatic nervous system - correct answer -
5125 USAHS CLINICAL
NEUROSCIENCE MIDTERM EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. Pia mater - correct answer - Innermost layer of the meninges
2. Epidural space - correct answer - between skull and dura mater
3. Subdural space - correct answer - space between dura mater and
arachnoid mater
4. Sub-arachnoid space - correct answer - space between arachnoid mater
and pia mater
5. Blood-brain barrier - correct answer - Protects against foreign invaders,
hormones, and neurotransmitters. Maintains constant environment for
the rest of the brain.
6. Blood enters the brain through - correct answer - carotid arteries and
vertebral arteries that feed to the circle of willis
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7. Major layers of the cerebrum - correct answer - surface grey matter,
white matter, deep gray matter, ventricles
8. Lobes of the brain - correct answer - frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
9. Ischemic stroke - correct answer - a type of stroke that occurs when the
flow of blood to the brain is blocked
10. Thrombotic stroke - correct answer - type of stroke caused by a blood
clot blocking an artery in the brain
11. Central nervous system - correct answer - brain and spinal cord
12. Peripheral nervous system - correct answer - spinal and cranial
nerves
13. Automatic nervous system - correct answer -
