QUESTIONS ON NEUROLOGY 



THE CEREBROSPINAL AXIS 



What are the enlargements of the cord? To what are these enlarge- 

 ments due? 



Roughly speaking, what form does the gray matter of the cord 

 take? 



Name the fissures and columns of the cord. 



What are the membranes of the cord and brain? 



What is the lowest part of the cord called and how low does it extend? 



What are the peduncles of the cerebellum? 



Name the main lobes of the cerebellum. 



Name in order the lobules and interlobular fissures of the upper 

 surface of the cerebellar worm and hemispheres. 



Describe the fourth ventricle, giving its location, boundaries, roof, 

 and the markings of its floor. 



What are the nuclei of the optic thalami? 



Describe the fissures on the convex surface of each hemisphere, 

 giving the names of the lobes thus divided off. 



Describe the fissures and lobes of the median surface. 



What is the corpus callosum? 



Where is the island of Reil? 



Describe the lateral ventricles. 



Describe the hippocampus major. 



THE PERIPHERAL NERVE SYSTEM 



Give in order the names of the twelve cranial nerves. 



Tell how each of the cranial nerves makes its exit from the skull. 



Describe the optic chiasm. 



What muscles does the third nerve supply? 



What are the three branches of the ophthalmic division of the fifth 

 cranial nerve? 



Why is the sixth cranial called abducens? 



Where does the facial nerve enter the skull? Where does it come 

 out? 



What are the main divisions of the facial nerve? 



Describe precisely the course and branches of the pneumogastrics. 



How do the right and left recurrent laryngeal nerves differ in origin? 



Where do you look in the neck for the recurrent laryngeals? 



What muscle does the spinal accessory often pass through? 



What muscles does the spinal accessory supply in part? 



Describe the course and relations of the hypoglossal. 



What muscles does the hypoglossal supply? 



Where and how is the phrenic nerve formed? 



Is the phrenic in front of or behind the root of the lung? 



Draw the plan of the brachial plexus. 



How and where is the median nerve formed? 



Give the course and relations of the median nerve. 



How may the median nerve be located opposite the wrist? 



Name the digital branches of the median nerve. 



What muscles of the hand does the median nerve supply? 



