Transcript Unit 1
Physio Psych Unit 1 Practice Questions 1. Who coined the term ‘neuropsychology’ and conducted early animal experiments intended to localize a memory trace or ‘engram’? a) b) c) d) e) Sperry Lashley Hebb Pinel Korsakoff 2. What term is commonly used as a synonym for biopsychology? a) b) c) d) e) psychopsychology psychophysiology behavioral endocrinology behavioral neuroscience behavioural pharmacology 3. A cut in which of the following planes would separate the brain into a top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) part? a) b) c) d) e) Coronal Frontal Horizontal Sagittal Midsagittal 4. Which type of glial cells cover the outer surfaces of blood vessels and form a physical matrix to hold neural circuits together? a) b) c) d) e) astrocytes Schwann cells Oligodendrocytes Microglia Microsites 5. Comparison… Gray matter is to white matter as: a) b) c) d) e) soma is to myelinated fiber dendrite is to soma golgi complex is to ribosome vesicle is to microtubule synapse is to bouton 6. Comparison… In general, presynaptic is to postsynaptic as: a) b) c) d) e) f) axon is to dendrite dendrite is to axon terminal bouton is to dendritic spine dendritic spine is to terminal bouton none of the above both A and C 7. Cell bodies of multipolar motor neurons are located in the spinal _____________ matter and project to the __________ via the ___________ root. a) b) c) d) e) white; brain; dorsal gray; brain; ventral white; muscle; ventral gray; muscle; dorsal gray; muscle; ventral 8. Which brain structure has a dual affiliation with cortex and limbic system? a) b) c) d) e) f) amygdala fornix massa intermedia globus pallidus putamen nucleus hippocampus 9. What is the series of connections between brain structures that form basal ganglia loops. a) cortico-striato-pallidal-thalamocortical b) cortico-pallido-striatal-thalamocortical c) striato-cortical-pallido-thalamic d) striato-pallidal-cortico-thalamic e) nigro-striato-thalamo-cortical 10. Which structure is NOT part of the tegmentum? a) b) c) d) e) superior colliculus red nucleus substantia nigra periaqueductal gray none of the above 11. Which of the following thalamic nuclei relays auditory information? a) b) c) d) e) lateral geniculate nucleus medial geniculate nucleus ventral geniculate nucleus posterior geniculate nucleus dorsal nucleus 12. The _____________ fissure borders the temporal and frontal cortices. a) b) c) d) e) medial lateral longitudinal central posterior 13. According to the calculations of Hodgkin and Huxley, the force from the concentration gradient driving Clions _______the neuron is ______ mV. a) b) c) d) e) in; 50 out of; 50 in; 70 out of; 90 none of the above 14. Which of the following begins the repolarization phase of the AP? a) b) c) d) e) Na+ channels are closed K+ channels are open Na+ channels are open K+ channels are closed Both A and B 15. In general, which type of receptor has more diffuse, long-lasting effects? a) b) c) d) e) ionotropic metabotropic autobotropic NMDA cholinergic 16. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of string-of-beads synapses. a) contain varicosities b) are nondirected synapses c) release neurotransmitters directly on a dendritic spine d) all of the above e) none of the above 17. Inhibition is to excitation as ____________. a) b) c) d) e) EPSPs are to IPSPs APs are to PSPs axodendritic is to axoaxonic temporal is to spatial summation none of the above 18. The influx of Cl- ions through a GABA receptor _________________. a) b) c) d) e) causes a hyperpolarization Is enhanced by benzodiazepine drugs produces an IPSP inhibits the neuron all of the above 19. Which drug is a cholinergic nicotinic antagonist at the neuromuscular junction? a) b) c) d) e) f) curare botox atropine diazepam Chlordiazepoxide Both A and B 20. Which neurotransmitter is in a class by itself? a) b) c) d) e) dopamine glutamate GABA Glycine acetylcholine Answers 1) B 2) D 3) C 4) A 5) A 6) F 7) E 8) F 9) A 10) A 11) B 12) B 13) C 14) A 15) B 16) C 17) E 18) E 19) F 20) E