Physio Psych Unit 1

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Physio Psych Unit 1

• Practice Questions

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• 1. Who coined the term neuropsychology and
  conducted early animal experiments intended to
  localize a memory trace or engram?
• Sperry
• Lashley
• Hebb
• Pinel
• Korsakoff

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• 2. What term is commonly used as a synonym for
  biopsychology?
• psychopsychology
• psychophysiology
• behavioral endocrinology
• behavioral neuroscience
• behavioural pharmacology

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

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• 4. Which type of glial cells cover the outer
  surfaces of blood vessels and form a physical
  matrix to hold neural circuits together?
• astrocytes
• Schwann cells
• Oligodendrocytes
• Microglia
• Microsites

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• 5. Comparison
• Gray matter is to white matter as
• soma is to myelinated fiber
• dendrite is to soma
• golgi complex is to ribosome
• vesicle is to microtubule
• synapse is to bouton

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• 6. Comparison
• In general, presynaptic is to postsynaptic as
• 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

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• 7. Cell bodies of multipolar motor neurons are
  located in the spinal _____________ matter and
  project to the __________ via the ___________
  root.
• white brain dorsal
• gray brain ventral
• white muscle ventral
• gray muscle dorsal
• gray muscle ventral

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• 8. Which brain structure has a dual affiliation
  with cortex and limbic system?
• amygdala
• fornix
• massa intermedia
• globus pallidus
• putamen nucleus
• hippocampus

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• 9. What is the series of connections between
  brain structures that form basal ganglia loops.
• cortico-striato-pallidal-thalamo-cortical
• cortico-pallido-striatal-thalamo-cortical
• striato-cortical-pallido-thalamic
• striato-pallidal-cortico-thalamic
• nigro-striato-thalamo-cortical

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• 10. Which structure is NOT part of the tegmentum?
• superior colliculus
• red nucleus
• substantia nigra
• periaqueductal gray
• none of the above

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• 11. Which of the following thalamic nuclei relays
  auditory information?
• lateral geniculate nucleus
• medial geniculate nucleus
• ventral geniculate nucleus
• posterior geniculate nucleus
• dorsal nucleus

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• 12. The _____________ fissure borders the
  temporal and frontal cortices.
• medial
• lateral
• longitudinal
• central
• posterior

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• 13. According to the calculations of Hodgkin and
  Huxley, the force from the concentration gradient
  driving Cl- ions _______the neuron is ______ mV.
• in 50
• out of 50
• in 70
• out of 90
• none of the above

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• 14. Which of the following occurs during the
  repolarization phase of the AP?
• Na channels are closed
• K channels are open
• Na channels are open
• K channels are closed
• Both A and B

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• 15. In general, which type of receptor has more
  diffuse, long-lasting effects?
• ionotropic
• metabotropic
• autobotropic
• NMDA
• cholinergic

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• 16. Which of the following is NOT a
  characteristic of string-of-beads synapses.
• contain varicosities
• are nondirected synapses
• release neurotransmitters directly on a dendritic
  spine
• all of the above
• none of the above

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• 17. Inhibition is to excitation as ____________.
• EPSPs are to IPSPs
• APs are to PSPs
• axodendritic is to axoaxonic
• temporal is to spatial summation
• none of the above

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• 18. The influx of Cl- ions through a GABA
  receptor _________________.
• causes a hyperpolarization
• Is enhanced by benzodiazepine drugs
• produces an IPSP
• inhibits the neuron
• all of the above

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• 19. Which drug is a cholinergic nicotinic
  antagonist at the neuromuscular junction?
• curare
• botox
• atropine
• diazepam
• Chlordiazepoxide
• Both A and B

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• 20. Which neurotransmitter is in a class by
  itself?
• dopamine
• glutamate
• GABA
• Glycine
• acetylcholine

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Answers

• B
• D
• C
• A
• A
• F
• E
• F
• A
• A

11) B 12) B 13) C 14) E 15) B 16) C 17) E 18)
E 19) F 20) E