Biology

Nervous System Physiology

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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

Multiple choice

Wernicke's area is associated with ___________.

  1. speech comprehension

  2. balance of the body

  3. reflexes

  4. production of speech

  5. perception of stimuli
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Wernicke's area is associated with the processing of words being heard, spoken or language inputs. Individuals having lesions in Wernicke's area can speak, but their speech is frequently incoherent and makes no sense.

Multiple choice

Which among the following can be excluded from the functions of cerebellum?

  1. Maintenance of balance and posture

  2. Coordination of voluntary movements

  3. Motor learning

  4. Cognitive functions

  5. Maintenance of normal heart beat rate
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Medulla oblongata  is the caudal most part of the brain stem and is responsible for maintaining vital body functions, such as breathing and heart beat rates.

Multiple choice

A 63 year old woman is unsteady and walks with a high stepping gait in a dark room. The most likely neuroanatomical basis for her problem is

  1. frontal lobes

  2. somatic system

  3. spinal cord

  4. cerebellum

  5. spinal nerves
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Proprioceptive loss (Romberg's sign, loss of balance in the dark) could be due to a peripheral neuropathy or a disease of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord. However, the presence of increased tone in the lower limbs suggests that the spinal cord is the site of disease here. 

Multiple choice

Which among the following parts of brain provides remarkable distinctions between humans and other animals?

  1. Cerebral cortex

  2. The limbic system

  3. The cerebellum

  4. The thalamus

  5. The spinal cord
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The cerebral cortex is the portion of the brain that provides remarkable distinctions between humans and other animals. It enables humans not only to receive and interpret all kinds of sensory information, such as color, odor, taste, and sound, but also to remember, analyze, interpret, make decisions, and performs a host of other higher brain functions.

Multiple choice

Which among the following types of cells are involved in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?

  1. Oligodendroctyes

  2. Ependymal cells

  3. Pyramidal cells

  4. Glial cells

  5. Purkinje cell
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ependyma is the thin epithelium-like lining of the ventricular system of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord. Ependyma is one of the four types of neuroglia in the central nervous system (CNS). It is involved in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Multiple choice

The pons pretends as a bridge between the medulla and other parts of human brain. Which of the following functions is regulated by pons of the brain?

  1. Declarative and episodic memory

  2. Maintains body balance

  3. Memmory and speech

  4. Fight or flight response

  5. Sleep and arousal
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The pons is a section of the brain lying above the medulla oblongata. It plays important role in arousal, sleep, carrying sensory information between cerebrum and cerebellum, and helping control of autonomic functions.

Multiple choice

Damage to which structure may cause a deficit in memory?

  1. Basal nucleus of Meynert

  2. Substantia nigra

  3. Mammillary bodies

  4. Subthalamic nucleus

  5. Right posterior parietal cortex
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Damage to the  right posterior parietal cortex can produce a variety of sensorimotor deficits encompassing  deficits in the perception and memory of spatial relationships, in accurate reaching and grasping, in the control of eye movement and in attention.