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• Dural venous sinus
  ক

  Is devoid of muscular tissue

  খ

  Is located within the dural folds

  গ

  Receives venous blood from the ear

  ঘ

  Drains into the external jugular vein

  ঙ

  Is provided with valves
• Regarding subarachonoid haemorrhage
  ক

  Commonly occurs from ruptured aneurysm

  খ

  Ruptured AVM

  গ

  Associated with neck stiffness

  ঘ

  Give rise to hydrocephalus

  ঙ

  Associated with vasodilatation
• Superior sagittal sinus
  ক

  Has arachnoid villi

  খ

  Occupies the upper border of falx cerebri

  গ

  Lies between dura mater and arachnoid mater

  ঘ

  Is formed by union of great cerebral vein and superior cerebral vein

  ঙ

  Forms the right transverse sinus
• Floor of the 3rd ventricle are formed by the following structure
  ক

  Optic chiasma

  খ

  Tuber cinerium

  গ

  Piturary stalk

  ঘ

  Pineal body

  ঙ

  Cerebal aqueduct
• In the floor the fourth ventricle
  ক

  The facial colliculus is next to the midline in its upper half

  খ

  The vestibular area is adjacent to the lateral angle

  গ

  The abducent nucleus lies deep to the facial colliculus

  ঘ

  The trigonum vagi is at the inferior angle next to the midline

  ঙ

  The trigonum hypoglossi is lateral to the trigonum vagi
• Choroid plexus is seen in
  ক

  Trigone of lateral ventricle

  খ

  Roof of the third ventricle

  গ

  Floor of the fourth ventricle

  ঘ

  Confluence of the body and temporal horn of lateral ventricle

  ঙ

  Central canal of spinal
• The cochlear part of the vestibule-cochlear nerve
  ক

  Has a ganglion in the modiolus of the osseous labyrinth

  খ

  Has first order neuron that are bipolar

  গ

  Enters the skull through the internal acoustic meatus in the middle cranial fossa

  ঘ

  Is connected through its nuclei mainly with the medial geniculate body of the same side

  ঙ

  Is Seen entering the brain medial to the facial nerve
• Visual processing in the cortex involves information processing regarding
  ক

  The shape of the object

  খ

  Color of the object

  গ

  Movement

  ঘ

  location and spatial organization of the object

  ঙ

  Weight of the object

  চ

  Age
• 3rd cranial nerve palsy causes
  ক

  Divergent squint

  খ

  Ptosis

  গ

  Dilatation of the pupil

  ঘ

  Convergent squint

  ঙ

  Synechiae
• Stellate ganglion block results in
  ক

  Horner’s syndrome

  খ

  Maller’s syndrome

  গ

  Sympathetic block of the arm

  ঘ

  Excessive sweating in the neck

  ঙ

  Frey’s syndrome
• The 3rd cranial nerve supplies the following extraocular muscles
  ক

  Inferior oblique

  খ

  Medial rectus

  গ

  Superior rectus

  ঘ

  Lateral rectus

  ঙ

  Superior oblique
• The trochlear nerve
  ক

  Is related to the roof of the orbit

  খ

  Passes between the posterior cerebral and superior cerebeller arteries

  গ

  Has its nucleus in the lower midbrain

  ঘ

  Passes through the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus

  ঙ

  Carries special visceral efferent fibres
• Medial geniculate body is concerned with
  ক

  Audition

  খ

  Vision

  গ

  Olfaction

  ঘ

  Gustation

  ঙ

  Equilibrium
• Pure sensory cranial nerves include
  ক

  Optic

  খ

  Vestibulcochlear

  গ

  Trigeminal

  ঘ

  Facial

  ঙ

  Vagus
• Nuclei under general visceral efferent column are
  ক

  Edinger-Westphal nucleus

  খ

  Superior salivatory nucleus

  গ

  Dorsal nucleus of vagus

  ঘ

  Nucleus ambiguous

  ঙ

  Nucleus tractus solitaries
• Following cranial nerves have both motor and sensory components
  ক

  Trigeminal nerve

  খ

  Facial nerve

  গ

  Optic nerve

  ঘ

  Vestibulocochlear nerve

  ঙ

  Hypoglossal nerve
• The facial nerve
  ক

  Has its sensory cell bodies in the brain stem

  খ

  Supplies motor fibres to buccinator muscle

  গ

  Supplies a muscle of accessory respiration

  ঘ

  Runs in the lateral wall of the middle ear

  ঙ

  Has branches named maxillary nerve
• Cranial nerve nuclei having motor function are
  ক

  Abducent nucleus

  খ

  Dorsal nucleus of vagus

  গ

  Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve

  ঘ

  Nucleus of tractus solitarius

  ঙ

  Vestibular nucleus
• Motor cranial nerves are
  ক

  Abducent

  খ

  Trochlear

  গ

  Vagus

  ঘ

  Trigeminal nerve

  ঙ

  Ophthalmic nerve
• The vagus nerve provides the parasympathetic innervations to the
  ক

  Heart

  খ

  Small intestine

  গ

  Eye

  ঘ

  Salivary glands

  ঙ

  Urinary bladder
• Mixed cranial nerves are
  ক

  Glossopharyngeal

  খ

  Trigeminal

  গ

  Facial

  ঘ

  Oculomotor

  ঙ

  Hypoglossal
• Optic nerve examination is concerned with
  ক

  Visual acuity

  খ

  Field of vision

  গ

  Ocular movement

  ঘ

  Eye closure

  ঙ

  Corneal sensation
• In disease of basal ganglia
  ক

  The basis of diagnosis of Wilson's disease is low serum ceruloplasmin

  খ

  Hemibalismus is usually unilateral and due to contralateral subthalamic nuclear damage

  গ

  Chorea is associated with degeneration of the lenticular nucleus

  ঘ

  Clasp knife rigidity is seen in Parkinson's disease

  ঙ

  Benzhexol acts as a dopamine agonist in anti-parkinson therapy
• Basal ganglia are
  ক

  Amygdaloid nucleus

  খ

  Corpus striatum

  গ

  Claustrum

  ঘ

  Rostrum

  ঙ

  Corpus callosum
• The lentiform nucleus
  ক

  Sends fibres to the substantia nigra and red nucleus

  খ

  Is lateral to the internal capsule

  গ

  Has a lateral pale part (globus palliduand a medial dark part (putame

  ঘ

  Is completely separated from the caudate nucleus

  ঙ

  Forms part of the pyramidal system
• Limbic system is concerned with
  ক

  Endocrine function

  খ

  The reaction of fear and anger

  গ

  Recent memories

  ঘ

  Visual experiences

  ঙ

  Olfactory function
• Components of the limbic system include
  ক

  Cingulate gyrus

  খ

  Amygdala

  গ

  Septal nuclei

  ঘ

  Posterior nucleus of the thalamus

  ঙ

  Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus
• Limbic system consists of
  ক

  Hypothalamus

  খ

  Orbito frontal gyrus

  গ

  Thalamus

  ঘ

  Amygdala

  ঙ

  Cerebellum
• Reticular formation are found in
  ক

  Midbrain

  খ

  Pons

  গ

  Medulla oblongata

  ঘ

  Thalamus

  ঙ

  Cerebellum
• The visual cortex
  ক

  Is also called cortical retina

  খ

  Has point to point projection from the retina

  গ

  Receives blood supply from carotid & vertebral artery

  ঘ

  Is identified by the striate of gennari

  ঙ

  Contains visuo-psychic area only