NEURO
What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?
Frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes
Which of the following does not contain pain receptors?
a) Skin
b) skeletal muscle
c) brain
d) bladder
Brain
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Which term is used to describe the splitting of cytoplasm during mitosis?
cytokinesis
What drug is commonly used to treat an opioid overdose?
Naloxone
Which of the following is known as the little brain?
a) hippocampus
b)cerebrum
c)cerebellum
d)thalamus
Cerebellum
Which hormone is responsible for the milk-let-down process as well as uterine contractions?
Oxytocin
Which cellular organelle has a relatively acidic environment, relative to the cytoplasm?
lysosome
What is the term for when the concentration of an orally administered drug is reduced when it reaches systemic circulation?
first pass metabolism
Which neuroscientist/doctor was associated with the first documented treatments of hydrocephalus?
Al-Zahrawi
If a man has type B blood and his child has type O blood, What blood type is the child’s mother?
Accept: Type B, O, A
List two types of cell junctions
Accept any two: desmosomes, gap junctions, tight junctions
What is the most advertised contraindicated substance (i.e. substance to be avoided/not ingested) when acetaminophen has been taken?
alcohol
Through which opening does the Glossopharyngeal nerve exit the skull
Jugular Foramen
Correctly order the path of blood flow (starting from lungs) using the following components:
pulmonary veins, right atrium, left ventricle, Aorta, left atrium, organ, pulmonary arteries
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Lungs, pulmonary veins, Left atrium, left ventricle, aorta, organ, right atrium, pulmonary arteries
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Caspases are enzymes involved in which main cellular process?
programmed cell death/apoptosis
What is the correct order from the fastest to the slowest onset for the following routes of administration:
injection, ingestion, inhalation, insufflation
inhalation, injection, insufflation, ingestion
Name the Cranial Nerves that have both sensory and motor function
CN VII Facial
CN V -Trigeminal
CN X- Vagus
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Sandra goes to a party and takes a mystery pill from a container being passed around. She finds after a few hours the room is oddly bright, she is sweating profusely, and her heart rate feels like she was running a marathon. Which other symptom is not to be expected?
a) Bronchodilation
b) High tolerance to pain
c) Hyperactivity of the HPG axis
d) Thicker secretions from submandibular and sublingual glands
Hyperactivity of the HPG axis
What is the name of the protein that targets misfolded proteins for proteasomal degradation?
ubiquitin
What usually unhealthy drug can actually decrease your chances of developing Parkinson's disease?
tobacco/nicotine
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