NERVOUS SYSTEM

The principle that in spinal cord, the dorsal

roots are sensory and the ventral roots are
motor, is known as:
A. Bell-Magendie law
B. Dales principle
C. Monro-Kellie hypothesis
D. Mullers doctrine

Sensation of itching involves all of

the following EXCEPT:
A. C fibres
B. Naked nerve endings
C. Histamine
D. Pacinian corpuscles

During REM sleep, there is a marked

reduction in the tone of skeletal
muscles in:
A. Neck
B. Upper limb
C. Lower limb
D. Diaphragm

Normal CSF pressure is:

A. 180-260mm H2O
B. 70-180mm H2O
C. 180-260mm Hg
D. 70-180mm Hg

The distance by which two touch stimuli

must be separated to be perceived as two
separate stimuli is greatest on:
A. The lips
B. The palm of the hand
C. The back of scapula
D. The dorsum of the hand

Thalamus is the sensory relay station

for all of the following sensations
except:
A. Pain
B. Fine touch
C. Taste
D. Olfaction

Brown - sequard syndrome

A. Pain loss in the opposite side of lesion
B. Fine touch lost in opposite side of
lesion
C. UMN paralysis in opposite side of lesion
D. LMN paralysis in opposite side of lesion

The decerebrate rigidity is characterised by all

of the following EXCEPT
A. Rigidity occurs in all muscles of the body
B. There is increased g motor neuron
discharge
C. Increased excitability of the motor neuron
pool
D. Removal of cerebellum reduces the rigidity

Climbing fiber is:

A. An output fiber
B. An inhibitory fiber
C. afferent from inferior olivary nucleus
D. afferent from multiple sources

Purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex

are excited by:
A. Stellate cells
B. Basket cells
C. Granule cells
D. Golgi cells

Stereognosis is lost due to a lesion

of:
A. Fasciculus cuneatus
B. Fasciculus gracilis
C. Lateral spinothalamic tract
D. Anterior spinothalamic tract

Damage to which of the following

hypothalamic nuclei results in hyperphagia
and obesity?
A. Ventromedial nucleus
B. Lateral nucleus
C. Supra-optic nucleus
D. Paraventricular nucleus

Noradrenergic neurons are chiefly

present in:
A. Locus ceruleus
B. Nucleus accumbens
C. Nucleus raphe magnus
D. Nigrostriatal pathway

The mechanism of learning and memory

include all except:
A. Changes in level of neurotransmitter at
synapse
B. Increasing protein synthesis
C. Recruitment by multiplication of neurons
D. Spatial reorganization of synapse

The first reflex response to appear as

spinal shock wears off in humans is:
A. Tympanic reflex
B. Withdrawal reflex
C. Neck righting reflex
D. Labyrinthine reflex

Synaptic potentials can be recorded

by:
A. Patch clamp technique
B. Voltage clamp technique
C. Microelectrode
D. EEG

Which one of the following clearly states the

role of cerebellum in motor performance?
A. Planning and programming of movement
B. Convert abstract thought into voluntary
action
C. Initiation of skilled voluntary action
D. Smoothens and coordinates ongoing
movements

Drinking can be induced by

A. Electrical stimulation of the posterior
hypothalamus
B. Osmotic stimulation of supraoptic
nucleus
C. Lesions in the paraventricular nucleus
D. Neuronal lesion of the preoptic nucleus

The inhibitory neurotransmitter in

CNS neurons is:
A.Glutamate
B.Aspartate
C. Gamma-amino butyric acid
(GABA)
D.Acetyl choline (Ach)

Which of the following statements is true for

excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP):
A. Are self-propagating
B. Show all-or-none response
C. Are proportional to the amount of
transmitter released by the presynaptic
neuron
D. Are inhibitory at presynaptic terminal

All of the following are the features of

pyramidal tract lesion EXCEPT:
A. Cog-wheel rigidity
B. Spasticity
C. Extensor plantar response
D. Exaggerated deep tendon reflexes.