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) Sperryb) Lashleyc) Hebbd) Pinele) Korsakoff

2. What term is commonly used as a synonym for biopsychology?

a) psychopsychologyb) psychophysiologyc) behavioral endocrinologyd) behavioral neurosciencee) behavioural pharmacology

3. A cut in which of the following planes would separate the brain into a top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) part?

a) Coronalb) Frontalc) Horizontald) Sagittale) 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) astrocytesb) Schwann cellsc) Oligodendrocytesd) Microgliae) Microsites

5. Comparison…Gray matter is to white matter as:

a) soma is to myelinated fiberb) dendrite is to somac) golgi complex is to ribosomed) vesicle is to microtubulee) synapse is to bouton

6. Comparison…In general, presynaptic is to postsynaptic

as:

a) axon is to dendriteb) dendrite is to axonc) terminal bouton is to dendritic spined) dendritic spine is to terminal boutone) none of the abovef) 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) white; brain; dorsalb) gray; brain; ventralc) white; muscle; ventrald) gray; muscle; dorsale) gray; muscle; ventral

8. Which brain structure has a dual affiliation with cortex and limbic system?

a) amygdalab) fornixc) massa intermediad) globus palliduse) putamen nucleusf) hippocampus

9. What is the series of connections between brain structures that form basal ganglia loops.

a) cortico-striato-pallidal-thalamo-cortical

b) cortico-pallido-striatal-thalamo-cortical

c) striato-cortical-pallido-thalamicd) striato-pallidal-cortico-thalamice) nigro-striato-thalamo-cortical

10. Which structure is NOT part of the tegmentum?

a) superior colliculusb) red nucleusc) substantia nigrad) periaqueductal graye) none of the above

11. Which of the following thalamic nuclei relays auditory information?

a) lateral geniculate nucleusb) medial geniculate nucleusc) ventral geniculate nucleusd) posterior geniculate nucleuse) dorsal nucleus

12. The _____________ fissure borders the temporal and frontal cortices.

a) medialb) lateralc) longitudinal d) central e) posterior

13. Combining divisions of neuroscience and biopsychology, the study of how the interaction between the nervous system and endocrine system influences behavior may be called _____________ .

a) Psychoendocrinologyb) Neuroendocrinologyc) Biopsychoendocrinologyd) Psychoneuroendocrinology

14. The study by Whitleson showed Einstein’s brain had __________.

a) larger parietal lobesb) a confluence of fissuresc) a knob in the motor cortex d) Both a and be) All of the above

15. The year 1949 is notable because _______________.

a) Hebb’s book was publishedb) Egas Moniz won the nobel prizec) Lashley localized an engramd) Both a and be) All of the above

16. Cutting the brain like a salami (90 degrees to the long axis) gives a _____________ section which does not show the _________axis.

a) Horizontal; anterior-posteriorb) Sagittal; dorsal-ventralc) Coronal; anterior-posterior d) Cross-section; rostral-caudale) Frontal; medial-lateral

17. Sensory information enters the spinal cord through the _____________ route and motor information projects from the _________ horn.

a) Dorsal, ventralb) Medial, lateralc) Dorsomedial, ventrolaterald) Anterior; posteriore) Rostral; caudal

18. Which structure is part of both the limbic system and basal ganglia.

a) hippocampusb) fornixc) amygdalad) septume) Cingulate cortex

19. The deepest fissure is the __________________.

a) longitudinalb) lateralc) Sylvian d) central e) posterior

20. _____________ uses different methods and approaches to make stronger scientific conclusions.

a) Scientific inferenceb) Law of parsimonyc) Converging inferenced) Converging operationse) Scientific operations

Answers1) B2) D3) C4) A5) A6) F7) E8) F9) A10) A

11) B12) B13) D14) D15) D16) C17) A18) C19) A20) D