MCQ Bank
If an object is placed in the mouth then the newborn starts sucking placed in mouth, this reflex is known as:
- A) Plantar
- B) Rooting
- C) Suckling
- D) Moro responses
Which of the following layer of cell migration consist of cell bodies that eventually form grey matter?
- A) Middle layer
- B) Internal layer
- C) Cell free zone
- D) Outer layer
Which of the following is defined as the process of development during embryonic stages?
- A) Induction
- B) Embryogenesis
- C) Histogenesis
- D) Differentiation
Who provided evidence against Aristotle concept of preformation?
- A) Van Baer
- B) James Cattel
- C) Aristotle
- D) Darwin
Which of the following neurochemicals act to modulate ongoing action within the neuronal systems?
- A) Neurohormones
- B) Neuroregulators
- C) Neurotransmitters
- D) Neuromodulators
If the concentration of ions is low on one side, then ions would move to equalize the balance on both sides. This is known as:
- A) Sodium-potassium Pump
- B) Electrostatic Gradient
- C) Osmotic Gradient
- D) Excitatory Post Synaptic Potentials
The synaptic vesicles are manufactured from proteins in the _____________ of the cell body by the golgi apparatus.
- A) Nucleus
- B) Cytoplasm
- C) Cell membrane
- D) Mitochondria
Which of the followings are the respiratory organs of the cell?
- A) Microtubules
- B) Cell cytoplasm
- C) Mitochondria
- D) Ribosomes
Which of the following refers to the nerves and projections that carry messages up to the higher brain areas?
- A) Superior
- B) Proximal
- C) Descending
- D) Ascending
The sodium potassium pump uses ________ % of cell’s energy to push out sodium ions back to the outside of cell in order to maintain the negative charge inside the cell.
- A) 60-80
- B) 90-100
- C) 20-30
- D) 40-50
The area which lies between the two fissures is called _____________.
- A) Gyrus
- B) Lateral Hypohtalamus
- C) Superchiasmatic nucleus
- D) Fibers
The difference of electrical charge between the intra-cellular membrane and the extracellular membrane is known as:
- A) Negative Charge
- B) Action
- C) Potential
- D) Ionic State
The secretion of insulin is stimulated by _____________.
- A) GABA
- B) Amino acids
- C) Adrenaline
- D) Somatostatin
After the skull case, there is a layer of:
- A) Arachnoid membrane
- B) Cerebral aquaduct
- C) Lateral ventricles
- D) Dura matter
Which of the following brain area contains all the ascending and descending fibre pathways connecting the brain and the spinal cord?
- A) Pons
- B) Medulla
- C) Corpus callosum
- D) Hypothalamus
Which of the following is newly evolved as compared to the other structures and it controls all major functions especially in the higher animals?
- A) Medulla Oblongata
- B) Cortex
- C) Hypothalamus
- D) Amygdala
The sneezing center is located in the medial part of:
- A) Hippocampus
- B) Medulla Oblongata
- C) Medullar Reticular Formation
- D) Cerebellum
Which of the following lobe is important in visual processing?
- A) Occipital Lobe
- B) Parietal Lobe
- C) Temporal Lobe
- D) Frontal Lobe
If calcium is reduced in the extracellular space then the amount of NT is also reduced, and if the calcium is increased the amount of NT is also increased. This release is identified to occur through a process called:
- A) Engrocytosis
- B) Exocytosis
- C) Meiosis
- D) Mietosis
The building blocks of the Nervous System are the neurons, the brains cells, the glial cells and the ______________ which cleans and insulates the brain.
- A) Cerebrospinal fluid
- B) Aqua duct
- C) Cerebral aquaduct
- D) Aquas humar