Nervous System Practice Questions

1. Oligodendrocytes are located in the _____. A. PNS B. CNS 2. Schwann cells are located in the _____. A. PNS B. CNS 3. Which of the following types of cells is the most common in the CNS? A. Astrocytes B. Oligocytes C. Neurocytes D. Celiac cells 4. Which of the following is a regulatory protein in the cytoplasm that helps the processes at the synapse? A. Calmodulin B. Protein kinase C. Ligand D. Gap protein 5. Myasthenia gravis is due to ____ receptors being blocked and destroyed by antibodies. A. Epinephrine B. Nicotinic C. Acetylcholine D. Transient 6. The primary effect of cocaine on the nervous system is that cocaine blocks the re-uptake of ____. A. Monoamines B. Transamines C. Catecholamine D. Monoamine oxidase 7. Which of the following amino acids can function as a neurotransmitter in the CNS? A. Leucine B. Glutamic acid C. Lysine D. Valine 8. Huntington's chorea has been linked with a deficiency in the amino acid ______.

A. Lysine B. GABA C. Valine D. Tyrosine 9. Which of the following is not considered a monoamine? A. Epinephrine B. Norepinephrine C. Dopamine D. Adenosine 10. Which of the following is not considered a catecholamine? A. Dopamine B. Norepinephrine C. Serotonin D. Epinephrine 11. Excessive polarization due to GABA is created due to the opening of ____ channels. A. Ca++ B. ClC. K+ D. Na+ 12. Valium has an effect on ____ to inhibit neural transmission. A. Epinephrine B. Norepinephrine C. GABA D. Dopamine 13. The drug ____ blocks the reuptake of serotonin into presynaptic axons. A. Prozac B. Valium C. Xanax D. Deprenyl 14. Which of the following toxins blocks Sodium Channels? A. Srychnine B. Neostigmine C. Tetrodotoxin D. Curare 15. Clostridium botulinum releases this enzyme that destroys peptide bonds. A. Amylase B. Endopeptidases

C. Exopeptidases D. Protein kinase 16. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that attacks the _______ of neurons in the CNS. A. Myelin sheaths B. Axon terminals C. Sodium channels D. Nicotinic receptors 17. Which of the following is not considered a type of synapse? A. Dendrodendritic B. Axosomatic C. Axoaxonic D. Denoaxonic 18. The progression of a nerve impulse with the nodes of Ranvier is called _______. A. Saltatory conduction B. Transmission C. Unmyelinated conduction D. Relative conduction 19. Supporting cells located within the CNS are collectively called _____. A. Neuroglia B. Astrocytes C. Perikaryon D. Satellite cells 20. Which of the following types of cells line the ventricles and spinal cord? A. Astrocytes B. Schwann cells C. Ependymal cells D. Oligodendrocytes Answer Key 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. A

14. C 15. B 16. A 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C

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)1 obesity Lesions of which of the following nuclei cause hypothalamic nucleus a. ventromedial nucleus b. dorsomedial nucleus c. suprachiasmatic nucleus d. supraoptic Ans. A )2 EPSP The presynaptic potential a. is an all or none response to a summated during repetitive presynaptic stimulation b. can be temporarily c. always initiates an action potential potential d. lasts only for the duration of presynaptic action Ans. B )3 statements are true for dopamine except Following it is related to Parkinsonism .a found in the cells uninhibited by Ach in basal ganglia b. it is c. it is one of the endogenous opiates from CNS dietary dopamine d. it cannot be replaced in CNS from Ans. C )4 emotion is often observed in the lesion at Loss of fear and a. septal nucleus thalamus .b nucleus c. amygdaloidal d. sensory cortex Ans. C )5 cell The Renshaw motor neurons and inhibit other motor neurons in a. receive recurrent collaterals from inhibitory system of cerebellum the vicinity b. is the major component of muscle spindle c. are a present in retina d. are Ans. A )6 refers to Premotor cortex

motor cortex causing complex co-ordinate movements a. some areas anterior to primary an area of motor cortex responsible for voluntary .like speech, eye movements b movements c. an area in temporal cortex d. an area of cerebellum Ans. A )7 system are all EXCEPT Functions of limbic olfaction .a b. gustation c. feeding behaviour d. sexual behaviour Ans. B )8 REM is a. characterised by delta waves on ECG b. a sound and dreamless sleep activity c. characterised by total lack of muscular sleep d. referred to as paradoxical Ans. D )9 deprivation Sleep episodes a. can cause psychotic of thoughts b. is associated wit sluggishness alert c. makes a person more individual d. has no effect on the Ans. A )11 system The sympathetic fibres a. has short post ganglionic nerve b. consists of vagus endings c. produces nicotine at its nerve from the spinal cord d. has a thoraco-lumbar outflow Ans. D Visceral pain )11 shows relatively rapid adaptation .a mediated by beta fibres in dorsal root of spinal nerves b. is skin c. can sometimes be relieved by applying irritant to stimulation of touch receptors d .can be produced by prolonged C .Ans )12 of The naked nerve endings are responsible for the sensation a. pain b. touch hearing .c d. vision Ans. A )13 innervated skeletal muscle is stretched the initial response is When a normally with increase in the stretch sudden relaxation occurs because of ,contraction

a. decrease in gamma efferent discharge afferent nerve fibres b. inhibition of the discharge from annulospiral endings of of afferent nerve fibres from golgi tendon organs c. decreased activity tendon organs d. increased activity of afferent nerve fibres from golgi Ans. D )14 anterolateral cordotomy relief of pain is due to interruption of After a. left dorsal column b.left ventral spinothalamic tract c. right lateral spinothalamic tract d.left lateral spinothalamic tract Ans. D )15 system Parasympathetic fibres a. has short preganglionic b. secretes dopamine gut c. controls most of the movements and secretions of exercise d. brings increase in heart rate during Ans. C rhythm observed with electrodes In a health adult sitting with eyes closed the EEG )16 on occipital lobes a. alpha theta .b c. delta d. beta A .Ans )17 with The basal ganglia are primarily concerned memory a. sensory integration b. short term movement c. control of control d. neuroendocrine Ans. C )18 motor pathways in the internal capsule on one side causes Interruption of a. spastic paralysis on the same side b. spastic paralysis on the opposite side c. flaccid paralysis on the same side d. flaccid paralysis on the opposite side Ans .b )19 system is not concerned with the extrapyramidal reflex a. stretch b. righting reflex c. spasticity sensation of viscera .d Ans. D )21 from a staircase a young woman is found to have partial loss of After falling down movement on the right side of the body and loss of pain and temperature voluntary lesion is sensation on the left side below the mid-thoracic region. The probable site of

of the spinal cord in the upper thoracic region a. transection of the right half upper thoracic region b. transection of the left side of the spinal cord in the sensory and motor pathways on the right side of the pons c.transection of lumbar region d. transection of the left half of the spinal cord in the Ans. A )21 stimulated by Thirst is osmolality and volume a. increase in plasma plasma osmolality and decrease in volume b. increase in decrease in osmolality and increase in volume .c d. decrease in plasma osmolality and volume Ans. D )22 of the following hypothalamic nuclei cause loss of circadian Lesions of which rhythm ventromedial .a b. dorsomedial c. suprachiasmatic supraoptic .d Ans.c

)23 Normal blood flow to the brain is a. greatly modified by vasomotor control b. about 150ml/min about 750ml/min .c exercise d. greatly increased during Ans.c )24 amnesia Retrograde lobectomy a. is abolished by prefrontal dopamine receptors b. responds to drugs that block precipitated by a blow on the head c. is commonly commonly precipitated by ageing d. is C .Ans )25 Non fluent aphasia is produced by lesion of a. Brocas area angular gyrus .b lobe c. parietal d. frontal lobe Ans. b