Neuroanatomy

Which of the following vertebral segments is located at the most caudal section of the spine?

• Cervical

• Thoracic

• Lumbar

• Sacral

Which term means closer to the point of attachment?

• Proximal

• Distal

• Deep

• Superficial

What is not a function of the Hypothalamus?

• Fluid balance

• Sense of Taste

• Body Temperature

• Heart Rate

A seizure focus in the pre-central gyrus would cause what type of symptoms?

• Somatosensory

• Motor

• Auditory

• Visual

Caudate, Putamen, Globus Pallidus and the Substantia Nigra are all what type of structures in the Midbrain?

• Cranial Nerves

• Commissures

• Basal Ganglia

• Fissures

What division of the brain has gyri, sulci and made up of the Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital Lobes?

• Cerebrum

• Diencephalon

• Midbrain

• Brainstem and Cerebellum

What is the term that describes how we classify a seizure and localize a source?

• Diagnosis

• Symptomology

• Pathology

• Semiology

What type of brain tumor is slow-growing and usually benign?

• Meningiomas

• Gliomas

• Medulloblastomas

• Abscesses

Which division of the brain contains the Thalamus and Hypothalamus?

• Cerebrum

• Diencephalon

• Midbrain

• Brainstem and Cerebellum

Which is not a function of the Brainstem?

• Conduit of ascending and descending tracts

• Control of primitive functions

• Containing nuclei of cranial nerves

• Conducting higher intellectual thought