Acetylcholine (ACH) has an excitatory effect on the skeletal muscles, but it is inhibitory at ___________.

• A) Pancreas
• B) Liver
• C) Heart
• D) Kidneys

Which of the following is involved in auditory and visual systems?

• A) Acetylcholine
• B) Dopamine
• C) Serotonin
• D) Agonists

Who reported that rats maintain lower than normal weight levels if food is not routed through mouth?

• A) Snowdon (1969)
• B) Higgins (1975)
• C) Mogensen and Carlson (1977)
• D) Teitlebaum and Epstein (1962)

There are two major nonadrenergic pathways: the dorsal bundle and the ____________.

• A) Lateral bundle
• B) Horizontal bundle
• C) Ventral bundle
• D) Vertical bundle

The _____________ is important in digestion and breaking down of food into nutrients needed by the body.

• A) Esophagus
• B) Gall bladder
• C) Liver
• D) Gastrointestinal tract

When there is preloading of the stomach with water or some other substance:

• A) There will be more hunger pangs
• B) There is increase in food intake
• C) There is decrease in food intake
• D) No effect on food intake

Norepinephrine NE is also known as:

• A) Neurotransmitter NT
• B) Neurochemical NC
• C) Neurohormone NH
• D) Noradrenaline NA

According to whom “Feeding is under a multifactor control and the multiplicity if signals mean that there are a number of feed backs loops for the initiation and termination of food intake”?

• A) Higgins (1975)
• B) Teitlebaum and Epstein (1962)
• C) Snowdon (1969)
• D) Mogensen and Carlson (1977)

LH (Lateral Hypothalamus) damaged animals are:

• A) Very choosy about food
• B) Suffering from obesity
• C) Starving
• D) Like food rich in fats

Which of the following receptors carry the commands of the brain directly to the organs because they are located post synaptically on blood vessels?

• A) B2
• B) B1
• C) A2
• D) A1

Which of the following part of brain plays an important role in higher order functioning?

• A) Association cortex
• B) Hypothalamus
• C) Thalamus
• D) Hippocampus

When molecules move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration to create equilibrium especially in a permeable or a semi permeable membrane then this process is known as:

• A) Sodium-potassium pump
• B) Osmosis
• C) Electrostatic gradient
• D) Action potential

In _____________, there is manufacture structural proteins, and enzymes needed for catalytic action within the cell.

• A) Ribosome
• B) Nucleolus
• C) Mitochondria
• D) Endoplasmic reticulum

Which of the following works as a blood brain barrier, gateway and protector?

• A) Astrocytes
• B) Dendrites
• C) Serotonin
• D) Catecholamines

According to ___________, the CSF is made up of water, proteins, gases glucose, and other chemical ingredients.

• A) Carlson, Pinel
• B) Kalat
• C) Bridgeman
• D) Bloom, Nelson

The ACH (Acetylcholine) receptors are known as _____________ receptors.

• A) Cholinergic
• B) PCPA
• C) 5HIAA
• D) MOAI

The Pineal gland is a very small organ lying on the dorsal surface of the:

• A) Cerebellum
• B) Thalamus
• C) Medulla
• D) Cortex

Underneath the hypothalamus, _________ lies which plays an important role in the day night cycles i.e. diurnal cycles.

• A) Superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
• B) Amygdala
• C) Substantia Nigra (SN)
• D) Pineal glands

The average thickness of cerebral cortex is:

• A) 5.00 mm
• B) 9.00 mm
• C) 2.00 mm
• D) 7.00 mm

Which of the following is the major band of fibers joining the two hemispheres, it is wide white and visible to the naked eye.

• A) Corpus Callosum
• B) Pituitary gland
• C) Pons
• D) Amygdala