Neurology

            NEUROLOGY
                      MCQs
           Control &Co-ordination
 
1. The muscular wasting (hypotrophy) usually develops with disease in:

A: upper motor neuron
B. lower motor neuron
C. cerebellar
D. caudate

 
2: The temperature & pin sense loss usually develops with disease in:

A.anterior horns of spinal cord
B.posterior horns of spinal cord
C.lateral horns of spinal cord
D.posterior columns  of spinal cord
 
3: A glove-&-stocking pattern of sensory disturbance usually develops with disease in:

A. peripheral nerves
B. the spinal cord
C. the brainstem
D. the thalamus
               
 
4: Babinsky response usually develops with damage in:

A. upper motor neuron
B. lower motor neuron
C. cerebellar
D. thalamus

 
5: The presence of ataxia suggests damage to any of the following EXCEPT:

A. cerebellar
B. thalamus
C. vestibular nucleus
D. vagal nerve

 
6: The ability to walk along a straight line is most often impaired with:

A. cerebellar dysfunction
B. parietal lobe damage
C. temporal lobe damage
D. ocular motor disturbances
                 
 
7: Parkinsonism includes combination of the following:

A. tremor, bradykinesia & muscles rigidity
B. paresis, anesthesia & muscles spasticity
C. chorea & muscles hypotonia
D. tremor, ataxia & muscles hypotonia
                 
 

8:  The presence of dysphagia suggests damage to cranial nerves:

A. V-VII
B. IX-X
C. VII-XI
D. III-VI

 
9: The presence of dysarthria suggests damage to cranial nerve:

A. V
B. XI
C. XII
D. VIII
                 

 10: Fibrillations (fasciculations)  may develop with disease in:

A. lateral column of the spinal cord
B. posterior horn of the spinal cord
C. anterior horn of the spinal cord
D. internal capsule
               
 
11: Bilateral affection of spinal cord at the cervical level may produce the following syndrome:

A. hemiplegia
B. paraplegia
C. tetraplegia
D. monoplegia
               
 
12: Central paresis, loss of proprioceptive sensation on one side & loss of exteroceptive sensation on the opposite form the following syndrome:

A. Lambert-Iton
B. Matskevich-Shtrumpel
C. Argile-Robertson
D. Brown-Sequard
                 
 
13: The polyneuropathic pattern of sensory loss suggests presence of the following syndrome:

A. numbness & pain in distal parts of extremities
B. numbness & analgesia in half of the body
C. pain & sensory ataxia  in half of the body
D. analgesia & sensory ataxia in proximal parts of extremities
                 

14: One of the most important functions of the autonomic nervous system is the following:

A. regulation of homeostasis
B. voluntary movements
C. coordination of movements
D. involuntary movements

 
15: Any of the following cranial nerves has the parasympathetic nucleus EXCEPT:

A. vagal
B. oculomotor
C. glossopharyngeal
D. olfactory
Answer: 4
 
16: The presence of anosmia suggests damage to the following cranial nerve:

A. II
B. I
C.III
D. V

 
17: Trigeminal nerve impairment produces the following symptoms:

A. plegia in half of the face
B. ache paroxysm in half of the face
C. disturbance of swallowing
D. ache in half of the head

 
18: Dysphagia, dyphonia, dysarthria together with tongue atrophy & depressed “gag” reflex is called like following:

A. bulbar palsy
B. Bell’s palsy
C. pseudo-bulbar palsy
D. bulbus olfactorius

19: Brown-Sequard syndrome develops with the following damage of the spinal cord:

A. complete transversal
B. anterior horns
C. half transversal
D. posterior horns
               
   
20: The presence of ptosis suggests damage to cranial nerve:

A. IV
B. V
C. III
D. VII

21: The Broca’s area is located in the lobe:

A. frontal
B. parietal
C. temporal
D. occipital
                 
 22: The presence of Laseuge sign suggests  damage to the following:

A. meninges of the brain
B. spinal roots C5-C8 or radial nerve
C. spinal roots L5-S1 or sciatic nerve
D. anterior horns at the level L5-S1

33: The autonomic nervous system includes any of the following EXCEPT:

A. hypothalamus
B. paravertebral sympathetic trunk
C. vagal nerve
D. cerebral cortex

24:  Meningeal syndrome suggests any of the following, EXCEPT:

A. neck stiffness
B. headache
C. photophobia
D. Babinsky response

25: The disturbance of purposive movement in absence of paresis & dyscoordination suggests the presence of the following:

A. dyslexia
B. dysgnosia
C. dyspraxia
D. dysphasia
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Answers
1:b
2:b
3:a
4:a
5:d
6:a
7:a
8:b
9:c
10:c
11:c
12:d
13:a
14:a
15:d
16:b
17:a
18:a
19:c
20:c
21:a
22:c
23:d
24:d
25:c