MCQ Bank
Which of the following is the junction between two neurons where one neuron is communicating with the other?
- A) Intersection
- B) Dendrite
- C) Axon
- D) Synapse
Which of the following is served to make proteins in the cell?
- A) Golgi Bodies
- B) Endoplasmic Reticulum
- C) Nucleolus
- D) Ribosomes
Which of the following act during the regulation of motivational and other states (circadian rhythms, stress) to influences hormonal levels and thereby influence behavior?
- A) Neuromodulators
- B) Neurohormones
- C) Neuroregulators
- D) Neurotransmitters
Which of the following protect the neurotransmitters (NT) from degradation by enzymes in cytoplasm?
- A) Axons
- B) Synaptic vesicles
- C) Nucleous
- D) Dendrites
Which of the followings are the receiving ends of the neurons?
- A) Dendrites
- B) Axon
- C) Cell Soma
- D) Cytoplasm
The Choroid plexuses in the PIA mater produce the ___________.
- A) Aqua humor
- B) Cerebrospinal fluid
- C) Aqua duct
- D) Astrocytes
Which of the following is defined as the time required for a rhythm to be completed?
- A) Phase
- B) Frequency
- C) Period
- D) Amplitude
The Circadian Rhythms are controlled through the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) located in the medial:
- A) Hypothalamus
- B) Medulla
- C) Cerebellum
- D) Thalamus
The circadian rhythms are controlled through the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) located in the _______________.
- A) Pons
- B) Medial hypothalamus
- C) Amygdala
- D) Cortex
The highest concentration of 5HT in the brain is found in which of the following?
- A) Thalamus
- B) Cerebellum
- C) Cortex
- D) Pineal gland
Which of the following is the reciprocal of a period e.g. body temperature reaches a peak once a day?
- A) Period
- B) Frequency
- C) Phase
- D) Amplitude
Acetylcholine (ACH) is involved in:
- A) Learning
- B) Memory
- C) All of the given options
- D) Rapid eye Movement sleep
According to Mayer, Gluco-receptors in the ____________ constantly gauge the level of glucose in the blood.
- A) Cerebellum
- B) Hypothalamus
- C) Thalamus
- D) Cortex
Who suggested that there may be peptides (i.e. hormones or neurotransmitters) which indicate the satiety signal while feeding?
- A) Cannon and Washburn
- B) Koopmans and Cannon
- C) Smith, Gibbs and Young
- D) Washburn and Koopmans
Chronic users of amphetamine end up with the symptoms of:
- A) Alzheimer
- B) Parkinsons
- C) Paranoid schizophrenia
- D) Panic attacks
Which of the following are drugs that block, inhibit or in any way opposes the action of the NT?
- A) Mitosis
- B) Antagonists
- C) Dopamine
- D) Agonists
Acetylcholine is found in part of the autonomic nervous system known as:
- A) Ganglions
- B) Thalamus
- C) Cerebellum
- D) Cortex
Which of the following is a disease of old age where degeneration of brain takes place to a point where the person cannot carry out any function?
- A) Alzheimer’s
- B) Panic attacks
- C) Schizophrenia
- D) Parkinson’s
According to ______________, temperature regulatory behavior is prioritized, purposive, persistent and has periodicity.
- A) Sperling
- B) Mogensen
- C) Feldman
- D) Comer
Which of the following system sends out nerve fibers to the forebrain areas such as frontal cortical area, the cingulated cortex, the amygdale and the septum and it is involved with the limbic system (emotional system)?
- A) Tyrosine hydroxylase
- B) Nigrostriatal DA system
- C) Mesolimbic system
- D) Tuberoinfundibular system