Cerebellum is mainly involved in:
1. consciousness
2. muscle coordination
3. homeostasis
4. sense reception

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A person involved in a road traffic accident sustains damage to the occipital lobe. He is likely to have trouble with:
1. Hearing 2. Taste
3. Touch 4. Vision
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Which part of the human brain plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory?
1. Amygdala
2. Septum
3. Hippocampus
4. Superior colliculi
Subtopic:  Fore Brain |
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Association areas in the cerebral cortex:
I: are neither clearly sensory nor motor in function.
II: are for complex functions like inter-sensory associations, memory and communication.
 
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Fore Brain |
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I: Dendrites transmit impulses towards the cell body of the neuron.
Statement II: The axons transmit nerve impulses away from the cell body to a synapse or to a neuro-muscular junction.
 
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
Subtopic:  Neuroanatomy |
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The cerebral aqueduct is a narrow 15 mm conduit for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that passes through the:
1. Corpus callosum
2. Diencephalon
3. Mid brain
4. Medulla oblongata
Subtopic:  Hind & Mid Brain |
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In the peripheral neural system, Schwann cells surround the axons of:
I: Myelinated nerve fibres
II: Unmyelinated nerve fibres
 
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
Subtopic:  Nervous System |
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Nissl’s granules are found in:
I: Soma of the neuron
II: Dendrites of the neuron
III: Axon of the neuron
1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
Subtopic:  Nervous System |
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What restores the resting potential of the axonal membrane at the site of excitation after depolarisation?
1. Influx of sodium ions
2. Influx of potassium ions
3. Efflux of sodium ions
4. Efflux of potassium ions
Subtopic:  Origin of Resting Membrane Potential | Action Potential |
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A):   Neurons are excitable cells.
Reason (R): The membrane of neurons is polarised.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains the (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain the (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. Both (A) and (R) are False.   
Subtopic:  Nervous System |
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