Advanced Neuorobiology

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. A fast adapting receptor is: Merkel's Disks Chiari corpuscles Ruffini's Endings Pacinican Corpuscles

2. The dorsal column in the spinal cord becomes the what in the medulla: medial laminae medial fasciculus medial lemniscus lateral cuneatus

3. The medial lemniscus ascends and synapses in what structure in the brain? VPL of the thalamus posterior internal capsule VPM of the thalamus hypothalamus

4. The dorsal column pathway carries what types of information to the spinal cord and brain? pain itch tickle 2-point discrimination

5. What information does the anterolateral system pathway carry? 2-point discrimination pressure vibration tickle and itch

6. What is the slow pain pathway? neospinothalamic paleospinothalamic spinoreticular corticospinal

7. What fibers carry pain? a-alpha and c-fibers a-alpha and a-beta a-delta and c-fibers a-beta and c-fibers

8. Which of the following is a misplaced nucleus in the brain? spinal nucles of 5 mesencephalic nucleus of 5 nucleus cuneatus nucleus gracilis

9. If there was a spinal cord lesion at L1 in the anterolateral spinal cord, where would the symptoms manifest? at L1 and above on the ipsilateral side at L3 and below on the contralateral side at L3 and below on the ipsilateral side there would be no symptoms because there is no pathway in the anterolater spinal cord

10. If you damaged your cerebellum, which symptoms might you experience? paralysis dizziness or vertigo paraesthsia aphasia