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Neuroscience EXAM 1– USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: function of brainstem Answer: basic bodily functions necessary for survival (e.g. HR, BP, RR) Q: cephalic flexure Answer: divides brain and brainstem Q: cervical flexure Answer: divides brainstem from spinal cord Q: defects during migration stage of development Answer: dyslexia, lissencephaly (smooth brain) Q: growth of brain due to: A...

Neuroscience EXAM 3– USA (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| A Grade QUESTION this area occupies about 50% of the PVC and contains the highest density of photoreceptors, thus has high visual acuity Answer: fovea QUESTION describe the retinotopical organization of the PVC Answer: more peripheral regions of ipsilateral retinas (contralateral visual fields) are represented more anteriorly along the calcarin...

Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: is ataxia ipsilateral or contralateral to the side of the lesion? why? Answer: Ipsilateral; pathways from the cerebellum to the lateral motor systems and periphery are "double crossed" Q: What do midline lesions cause? Answer: unsteady gait (truncal ataxia) and eye movement abnormalities Q: What do lesions lateral to the vermis cause? ...

Neuroscience EXAM 3– USA (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A QUESTION T/F the medial geniculate nucleus is associate w the visual pathway Answer: a. False b. LGN is associated w visual pathway QUESTION Optic nerve receives input from what? Answer: the ganglion cells QUESTION T/F the visual field of the right eye is carried by the right optic nerve? Answer: true QUESTION What is su...

Neuroscience EXAM 2– USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: foramen magnum Answer: where most of the vertebral arteries runs up through and feeds blood up to the rest of the brain Q: foramen spinosum Answer: where the middle meningeal artery runs Q: jugular foramen Answer: where the jugular vein runs up through the skull Q: herniations Answer: shifting of the brain due to vascular damage ...

Neuroscience EXAM 1– USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: sulcus limitans Answer: works to divide dorsal from ventral tube Q: defects during migration stage of development Answer: dyslexia, lissencephaly (smooth brain) Q: cranial nerve development Answer: 1st: swallow & gag (14 weeks)-->V, VII, IX, X, XII 2nd: visual motor (25 weeks)-->II, III, IV, VI 3rd: hearing (28 weeks)-->VIII ...

USA Neuroscience Exam IIname the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - correct answer skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - correct answer foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - correct answer mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - correct answer middle...

Neuroscience EXAM 3– USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Exam Prep with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: this is the partial crossing of fibers where the optic nerves meet Answer: optic chiasm Q: where do the nasal (medial) retinal fibers (responsible for temporal hemifields of vision) crossover in the pathway? Answer: in the chiasm Q: these are posterior to the chiasm and carry visual information from ipsilateral hemiretinas of each eye Ans...

Neuroscience EXAM 2– USA (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: ALS is more common in men or women Answer: men Q: Which is more common in women, ALS or MS Answer: MS Q: How many vestibular nuclei are there Answer: 4 on each side 8 total. Will fall Under the 4th ventrical under medulla and pons. Q: An upper motor neuron pathology within the corticospinal tract is called what Answer: ALS Q: Wha...

Neuroscience FINAL EXAM – USA Questions and Answers