NEURO

1. Blood supply both arterial and venous of a) cerebral cortex b) cerebellum c)

spinal cord d) internal capsule e) thalamus f) corpus striatum g) pons h) medulla
i) midbrain
2. Blood brain barrier- components and areas where it is absent
3. Arteries forming the choroid plexus of a) 4th ventricle b) 3rd ventricle c) central
and inferior part of internal capsule
4. Boundaries of a) central part of lateral ventricle b) inferior horn of lateral
ventricle c) 3rd ventricle d) interventricular foramina
5. CSF formation and drainage
6. Vertebral level of spinal cord and level of lumbar puncture
7. Intermediastinal cell column and nucleus dorsalis in which spinal segments are
seen and what are their efferents
8. What is Renshaw cell
9. Where are the following present and what do they contain a) tuberculum
cinerium b) fascial colliculus c) locus coreleus d) fascilis gracilis and cuneatus e)
superior brachium f) basis pedunculus
10. Inferior olivary nucleus – afferents and efferents
11. Lateral lemniscus – origin, course and termination
12. Locate the following in the cross sections of brain stem a) pyramid b) inferior
olivary nucleus c) nucleus gracilis and cuneatus d) spinal trigeminal tract e)
hypoglossal nucleus f) nucleus ambiguous g) NTS h) dorsal nucleus of vagus i)
MLF j) medial lemniscus k) ICP and olivocerebellar fibres l) 6/7 nucleus m) inferior
colliculus n) decussation of SCP o) superior colliculus p) trochlear nuclei q) basis
pedunculus r) substantia nigra s) red nucleus t) 3rd nerve nucleus
13. Substantia nigra – afferents and efferents
14. Location of cranial nerve nuclei – 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
15. Frontal eye field – position and function
16. Centre that regulate lateral gaze and how
17. Pathways to consensual light reflex and accommodation reflex
18. 5th cranial nerve nuclei – the three components their specific functions afferents
and efferents
19. Corneal reflex pathway
20. Classification into nuclei into 7 categories – GSA, GVA, GSE, GVE, SSA, SVA, SVE
21. Differentiation of upper motor neuron and lower motor neuron fascial palsy
22. Fibres passing through SCP, MCP, ICP
23. Afferents and efferents and functions of following thalamic nuclei a) VP nucleus
b) medial geniculate nucleus c) lateral geniculate nucleus d) ventral lateral and
ventral anterior nuclei
24. Thalamic nuclei that form an important component of reticular activating system
25. Afferents and efferents of a caudate nucleus and putamen b globus pallidus
26. Name the following areas a) primary motor area b) primary sensory area c)
premotor area d) gustatory area e) auditory area f) visual area g) brocha’s area h)
wernicke’s area
27. Name the three layers of cortex. What are homotypical, heterotypical agranular
and heterotypical granular cortices
28. Name the functions related to a) transverse temporal gyrus b) supra marginal
angular gyri of left hemisphere c) opercular and triangular portions of inferior
frontal gyrus in left hemisphere
29. Three types of nerve fibres in medullay centre
30. Internal capsule – different fibres passing through different parts
31. Name the various components of limbic system (papez circuit)
32. Trace the pathways from sensory receptors to brain a) medial lemniscus b) spino
thalamic tract
33. Pain modulation
34. Visual pathway, field defects lesions at different points of pathway
35. Pyramidal decussation
36. Afferents and efferents of the nucleus ambiguous
37. Where do the veins drain a) great cerebral vein of galen b) superficial middle
cerebral vein
38. Afferents and efferents of hippocampus
39. Name the arteries supplying the cervical part of spinal cord
40. Types of neuroglia and their functions
41. Write short notes on a) choroidal epithelium b) arachnoid villi c)
oligodendrocytes
42. Name the cranial nerve nuclei located in the floor of the 4th ventricle
43. Name the components of a) ventral tier of thalamic nuclei b) lateral funiculus of
spinal cord
44. Cerebellum – histological and functional division
45. Sensory, motor tracts of spinal cord – name, from where to where