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Nervous System Block

(Mid-term MCQs)

Done By :
Abdelelah AlEnazi
Abdulrahman Al-Gadheeb
Basil Alanazi
Mohammad Al-Anazi
Shatha Al-Harbi

AbdulQudous Al-Jeneidil
Ali Al-Shgrawi
Hadeel Al-Madany
Norah Al-Turki
Suliman Al-Shammari

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Anatomy
1. Which one of the following movements is completely lost in case of fibula fracture?
a. Dorsiflexion of ankle
b. inversion of the foot.
c. flexion of toes.

2. Which of the following tracts has its second order neuron in substantia gelatinosa
a. Lateral Spinothalamic tract
b. Medial Spinothalamic tract
c. Spinocerebellar tract

3. Which of the following cranial nerves emerges from cerebropontine angle?

a. occulomotor
b. abducent
c. vestibulocochlear

4. Which of the following is lost in case of Syringomyelia?

a. pain & temperature
b. non- discriminative touch.

5. Which of the cranial nerve supply the muscle of tounge

a. Hypoglossal Nerve
b. facial nerve.
c. glossophyringeal nerve.

6. Which of the following is an extensor of the elbow joint ?

a. Radial nerve
b. Ulnar nerve
c. median nerve.

7. Which of the following is caused by a lesion of femoral nerve:

a. Loss of adduction of the hip.
b. loss of extention of knee.
c. Loss of knee flexion

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8. The Carpal tunnel syndrome is resulting from compression of:

a. Median nerve
b. ulnar nerve.
c. radial nerve.

9. Which of the following nerves carry fibers from nucleus ambiguus ?

a. Spinal part of Accessory nerve
b. Glossopharyngeal

10. Which of the following will be affected in lesion of nucleus ambiguus

Stylopharyngeus muscle

11. Which of the following has parasympathetic supply to the pupil of the eye?
a. Occulomotor nerve
b. optic nerve.

12. Which of the following structures form Leminisci of the auditory pathway:
a. Lateral Leminiscus
b. Medial Leminiscus

13. Which of the following structures presents in the auditory pathway

a. Medial Geneculate nucleus
b. inferior olivary nuclues

14. Which of the following is place of CSF formation?

a. Central Canal
b. Lateral Ventricles
c. Subarchanoid
d. Subdural space

15. which of the following is responsible for the formation of myelin sheath ?
a. Oligodendrocytes
b. Microglia
c. Astrocytes

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16. The ventral horn of the spinal cord contains:

a. motor nuerons
b. sensory neurons.
c. sympathatic
d. parasympathatic

17. Which of the following is a branch of medial cord in Brachial Plexus?

a. Ulnar nerve
b. Musculocutaneous
c. Radial n
d. Axillary

18. Which one of the following structures is found in the open medulla
Inferior Olivary Nucleus.

19. Which of the following nerve give branch to the parotid gland
a. Chorda Tympani
b. lesser Petrosal nerve
c. Greater Petrosal nerve.

20. Which of the following forms the pyramid in the medulla:

a. Corticospinal.
b. Spinocerebullar.
c. Spinothalamic.

21. Lesion in ulnar nerve will lead to:

a. Partial Claw Hand
b. waitres tip hand.
c. Ape hand

22. What is cauda equina ?

a. lumbosacral enlargement
b. connected to the coccyx by a non-neuronal cord
c. Rise of Spinal nerve
d. caudal conical end of the spinal cord.

23. Which of the following leisons may result in medial siquent ?

a. Abducent Nerve.
b. occulomotor nerve.
c. optic nerve.

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24. Which one of the following fibers form sensory decussation in Medulla?
a. Internal arcuate fibers
b. Spinocerebellar fibers

Embryology
1. At which level the spinal cord ends in newborn :
a. L1 - L2
b. L3
c. Sacral 1

2. Which of the following regions of spinal cord contain motor neuron :

a. Alar plate
b. Basal plate

Radiology
A patient came to the hospital after Road traffic accident. The physician suspected a soft
tissue damage in the brain. Which investigation should be done?
a. CT
b. CT with myelogram
c. MRI
d. Plain radiography

Histology
1. Which of the following structures is increased with aging?
a. Lipofuscin
b. Nissl bodies

2. Which of the following is the shape of bipolar neuron?

a. Pyramidal
b. spindle
c. Pyriform
d. Stellate

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Pharmacology
1. Which one of the following caused by blocking of DA receptors :
a. Mania
b. Depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Parkinsonism

2. Which one of the following is used for treating patient with Alzheimers disease :
a. Cholinergic agonist
b. DA agonist
c. Serotonin agonist
d. Adrenergic

Biochemisrty
1. What is the main component of Myelin ?
a. Cerebrosides
b. Proteins
c. spingomyelin.

2. Which one of the following is sensitive to light :

a. Retinol
b. Retinoic acid
c. Rhoropsin
d. Opsin

3. A 3 years child with rapid and progressive neurodegeneration , histological features

cherry red Macula and there is defect of the B- hexosaminidase A :
a. Gaucher disease
b. Niemman pick disease
c. Tay sachs disease

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Microbiology
1. Which of the following pathogens most commonly causes acute otitis media?
a. Haemophilus influenzae
b. Moraxella catarrhalis
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Streptococcus pneumonia

Pathology
1. Regarding CNS Tumors ,which of the following is true ?
a. In childhood, tumors are likely to arise in the posterior fossa
b. They metastasize to other organs.
c. No different between pediatric and adult age group.

2. In Multiple Sclerosis , There is loss of :

a. Axons
b. Myline

3. Well circumscribed, histological findings spiral pattern and psammoma bodies :

a. Meningioma
b. Medulloblastoma

4. A patient came to the hospital, investigation showed folci calcification :

Oligodendroglioma

5.Which one of the following is characterized histologically by pseudopalisading, necrosis :

Glioblastoma multiforme

6. In Multiple Sclerosis , CSF finding :

a. Increase level of proteins and decrease Glucose level
b. Increase level of proteins but ............cell count
c. Presence of oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands

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Physiology
1. Which of the following is caused by parasympathatic?
Bronchoconstriction

2.Which of the following is caused by sympathetic ?

increase blood flow in skeletal muscle

3. Weakness of the right side of limb muscles and Nerve lesion in the left 3rd, 7th, and 10
cranial nerves. What is location of the tumor?
a. Left Medulla
b. Left brain-stem
c. Right Internal Capsule

4. What is the function of tectospinal tract ?

a. turning of the head in response to visual
b. control skilled movement
c. control postural reflexes

5. What is the function of Vestibulospinal tract ?

a. Turning of the head in response to visual
b. Control skilled movement
c. Control postural reflexes

6. Neurotransmitter released by pre- and post -ganglionic of parasympathatic :

a. acetylcholine
b. epinephrin
c. dopamin

7. Which of the following is polysanaptic reflex ?

a. withdrawel reflex
b. tendon jerk
c. stretch reflex

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8. Which one of the following inhibit gamma fibers :

a. Motor area 4
b. Neocerebellum
c. Vestibular nucleus
d. Red nucleus

9. Which of the following is true concerning the muscle tone:

a. Is initiated by sudden muscle stretch
b. Lost in hypertonia
c. Is a static stretch reflex
d. Is a polysynaptic reflex

10. If the pain is sharp , the impulse will transmit in :

a. A-beta
b. delta
c. C fibers

11. Which of the following is Slow pain transmitter?

a- Enkephalin
b- saubstanse P

12. Which one of the following is a characteristic of retinal blind spot :

a. Rich in cones & rods
b. Found in fovea centralis
c. No photoreceptor

13. Composition of scale tympani is similar to :

a. ECF
b. ICF

14. Which one of the following is correct about retinal rods :

a- have low sensitvity to light
b- have high convergence

15. Which one of the following decreases neurotransmission?

a- Hypoxia
b- alkalosis

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16. What is Protanopia ?

a- Absent of red color cones
b- Absrnt of blue color cones
c- weakness in red color cones

17. What is deutranomaly.?

Weakness in green color vision

18. Which one of the following is a deep reflex?

tendon jerk

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