Neuroscience Practice Questions 2 Flashcards

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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   
D. myelencephalon, metencephalon, mesencephalon, telencephalon 
 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 
B. sensory information 
 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 
A. sensitization
 Identifies function by eliminating the structurea. Microdialysis  b. Neurophysiology   c. In Situ Hybridization    d. Immunohistochemistry   e. Lesion 
E. Lesion 
Visualize regions of gene expression a. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 
C. In Situ Hybridizatio
Quantifies neurotransmitter in the braina. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 
A. Microdialysis 
Examines the Function of neurons  a. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 
B. Neurophysiology
 Visualize where neurotransmitters acta. Microdialysis b. Neurophysiology  c. In Situ Hybridization   d. Immunohistochemistry  e. Lesion 
B. Neurophysiology 

tricky tricky
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 
A. photoreceptors 
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 
 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  
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 
B. sagittal 
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 
B. topical
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   
A.   the production of new cells. 
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. 
A. central sulcu