Siti Fatimah Badlishah Sham, 2004

NEUROANATOMY MCQ’s summer 2004

I just scribbled down the questions that I remember:

1. GABA is composed of gamma amino butyric acid.

2. Nissl’s granules contain RNA.
3. Sulcus limitans is situated in between the alar plate and basal plate
4. Meningiomyelocele is a condition in which the neural tube is not fully closed.
5. There is no nerve supply to the dura mater.
6. The spinothlamic tract lies superficial to the ventral spinocerebellar tract.
7. The interventricular foramen connects each lateral ventricle to the third
ventricle.
8. The trochlear nerve has both sensory and motor fibres.
9. Lobes of the cerebellum are called folia.
10. Subthalamic nucleus is mainly involved in sensory tracts.
11. In Bell’s palsy, the corneal reflex is absent.
12. Hemisection of the left spinal cord will result in loss of all touch on the right
side of the body below level of section.
13. Intention tremor is characteristic of Parkinson’s disease.
14. Cerebellar ataxia is associated with resting tremor.
15. Lipofuscin is a black pigment found in neurons.
16. Cisterna magna lies anterior to the medulla oblongata.
17. The middle meningial artery supplies the pia mater of the frontal and parietal
bones.
18. Hypothalamus lies beneath the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle.
19. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by arachnoid granulations.
20. Increased intracranial pressure leads to papilloedema.
21. Most brain tumours are due to defective neurons.
22. Posterior communicating artery connects the internal carotid artery with the
posterior cerebral artery.
23. The head and neck region of the motor homunculus is supplied by the
anterior cerebral artery.
24. At birth, the spinal cord ends at level of S3.
25. The transverse section of the lumbar region of the spinal cord is larger than
the cord at thoracic region.
26. Poliomyelitis affects the ventral horn cells.
27. Most of the axons of the fasciculus cuneatus have their cell bodies in the
posterior horn of the grey matter.
28. Fibres of the medial lemniscus have their cell bodies in the grey matter of the
spinal cord.
29. Spinothalamic tract gives off collaterals to the reticular formation.
30. Fibres of the pyramid tract all synapse with lower motor neurons.
31. Pontine nuclei lie in the dorsal (tegmentum) area in the pons.
32. Fibres of the medial longitudinal fasciculus control conjugate deviation of the
eyes.
33. Unilateral section of the brain stem gives rise to ipsilateral cranial nerve
dysfunction symptoms.
34. Defect in oculomotor nerve may be present as lateral deviation of the eyes.
35. Abducens nerve has the same amount of sensory and motor fibres.
36. The trigeminal has both a motor and sensory nuclei.
37. The inferior colliculus is one of the relay stations in the auditory tract.
38. Lateral lemniscus passes through the pons.
39. Glossopharyngeal nerve has parasympathetic fibres.
 40. The flocculus is situated in the midline of the cerebellum.
41. The mamillothalamic tract joins the mamillary body to the posterior nucleus of
the thalamus.
42. Hemiparesis is total paralysis of one half of the muscles of the body.
43. Uncinate fasciculus connects the frontal lobe to the temporal lobe.
44. Anterior comissure connects the temporal lobes on both sides.
45. Frontopontine fibres are connected through the genu of the corpus callosum.
46. Section of the optic chiasm leads to bitemporal hemianopia.

EMBROYOLOGY

47. A morula has a fluid filled cavity.

48. The zona pallucida has disappeared when the blastocyst has implanted in the
uterus wall.
49. In the early embryo, red blood cells are made in the yolk sac.
50. The primitive streak is made from the endoderm.
51. Endoderm gives rise to the endothelial lining of blood vessels.
52. Monozygotic twins may share one placenta.
53. Meckel’s cartilage arises from the first branchial arch.
54. Striated muscle comes from somites.
55. Defect in septum primum is associated with defect in AV valve formation.
56. Ductus venosus allows blood to bypass the liver.
57. The blood that flows through the foramen ovale is made up mostly of blood
coming from the superior vena cava.
58. In some adults, the mesentery of duodenum persists.
59. Ventral head of the pancreas gives rise to tail of the pancreas in the adult.
60. Meckel’s diverticulum is an outpouching of the jejunum.
61. Ureteric bud gives rise to tubular loops of the kidney.
62. Persistance of urachus leads to connection of blader with the umbilicus.
63. Gubernaculum surround the testis.
64. Uterine tubes are formed from the mesonephric duct.
65. Hypospadias is the result of a connection between the bladder and the
anterior abdominal wall.
66. The Eustachian tube comes from the second pharyngeal pouch.
67. Superior parathyroid gland is formed from the third pharyngeal pouch.
68. Glossopharyngeal nerve is associated with the third pharyngeal arch.
69. Cleft lip occurs due to defect in fusion of the secondary palate.

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