Neuroscience Practice Questions 2 Flashcards

Place the major areas of the brain in order of most caudal to rostral  a. metencephalon, telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon  b. myelencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, diencephalon  c. telencephalon, diencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon  d. myelencephalon, metencephalon, mesencephalon, telencephalon  e. none of the above   

 In a coronal section of the spinal cord, the most dorsal portion of the grey matter primarily  ntains   a. motor information  b. sensory information  c. neurotransmitters  d. fissures  e. none of the above 

 A shift to the left of the dose-response curve would indicate  a. sensitization  b. tolerance  c. nothing  d. certain death  e. both a and b 

 Identifies function by eliminating the structurea. Microdialysis  b. Neurophysiology   c. In Situ Hybridization    d. Immunohistochemistry   e. Lesion 

Visualize regions of gene expression a. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 

Quantifies neurotransmitter in the braina. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 

Examines the Function of neurons  a. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 

 Visualize where neurotransmitters acta. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 

The conversion of light into a neural signal occurs in  a. photoreceptors  b. horizontal cells  c. bipolar cells  d. retinal ganglion cells  e. all of the above 

If you want to see something in fine detail, you should focus the light on which part of your  retina?   a. optic nerve  b. iris   c. part containing mostly rods   d. cornea   e. none of these 

 You are most likely to find the most "convergence" or funneling of visual information in the   a. cones  b. optic disc  c. fovea   d. periphery of retina  

 A section along the longitudinal fissure that cuts all connections of the corpus callosum  would occur along what plane of section?  a. horizontal  b. sagittal  c. coronal  d. transverse  e. all or none of the above 

What mode of administration would you prescribe for a drug that is not needed to act  immediately but is designed to act over a very long period (i.e., days or longer)?  a. intranasal  b. topical  c. intravenous  d. smoked  e. intraperitoneal 

Proliferation is  a.   the production of new cells.  b.   the movement of primitive neurons and glia   c.   the forming of dendrites and an axon within a cell   d.   the insulation process that occurs on some axons  e. none of the above   

One of the deepest grooves in the surface of the cortex is the:  a. central sulcus.  b. postcentral gyrus.  c. precentral gyrus.  d. postcentral sulcus.