Biology
Nervous System Physiology
1,959 Questions
Enhance your knowledge of human neurobiology through questions on nervous system physiology. The topics cover brain anatomy, sensory modalities, and the neural mechanisms controlling speech and language. This resource is ideal for students preparing for medical and general science exams.
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Nervous System Physiology Questions
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Cavity of diencephalon
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Cavity of medulla oblongata
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Cavity of mesencephalon
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Nerve fibre joining the hemispheres of cerebrum
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Cavity of diencephalon is known as third ventricle.
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Hypothalamus
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Thalamus
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Neurohypophysis
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Hippocampus
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Thalamus is the area which serves as the relay centre for sensory and motor impulses from spinal cord and brain stem to various parts of the cerebrum.
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Thalamus
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Hypothalamus
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Cerebellum
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Medulla
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Hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system and controls the functioning of the endocrine glands.
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Cerebellum
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Pons
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Medulla
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Corpora quadrigemina
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Pons varolli coordinates the muscle movements on the two sides of the body.
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Diocoel
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Metacoel
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Iter
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Neopallium
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Iter is a narrow canal which connects the fourth ventricle to the third ventricle.
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Neocortex
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Folium
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Vermis
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Granule cell
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The central lobe or middle zone of cerebellum is called vermis.
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Cerebrum
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Cerebellum
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Medulla oblongata
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Spinal cord
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Cerebellum controls coordination and balance. Damage to cerebellum causes disorder in equilibrium.
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Mammillotegmental tract
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Mammillothalamic tract
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Lateral spinothalamic tract
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Ventral spinothalamic tract
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The term mammillothalamic tract refers to a fibre pathway that originates from neurons in the posterior hypothalamic region and projects to various nuclei of the anterior nuclear group of the thalamus.
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Right hemisphere
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Left hemisphere
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Center of brain
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Medulla
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In most people, the language area is chiefly on the left.
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Granule cells
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Purkinje cells
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Lugaro cells
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Pleiomorphic cells
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Purkinje cells are the largest neurons in the human brain.
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Cerebrum
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Cerebellum
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Medulla oblongata
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Heart
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Purkinje cells are found in cortex of cerebellum of brain
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cranium
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meninges
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subdural
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grey matter
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The brain coverings are called meninges.
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Dura mater- arachnoid mater- pia mater
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Pia mater- arachnoid mater- dura mater
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Arachnoid mater- pia mater- dura mater
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Arachnoid mater- dura mater- pia mater
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This is the correct sequence of meninges.
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Cerebrum and diencephalon
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Cerebral peduncle and corpora quadrigemia
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Cerebellum and medulla oblongata
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Pons varolii and olfactory lobe
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Cerebral peduncle and corpora quadrigemia are included in mid brain.
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Hypothalamus
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Hippocampus
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Basal ganglia
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Amygdala
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Explicit or declarative (factual) memory formation is attributed to the hippocampus and associated regions of the medial temporal lobe.