Thalamus Anatomy Quiz PDF

\#\# Thalamus Anatomy Quiz \*\*1. Which of the following parts of the thalamus is part of Papez\'s circuit?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Anterior thalamic nucleus \* \*\*b.\*\* Posterior thalamic nucleus \* \*\*c.\*\* VPL and VPM \* \*\*d.\*\* Lateral thalamic nucleus \*\*2. What is the shape of the thal...

\#\# Thalamus Anatomy Quiz \*\*1. Which of the following parts of the thalamus is part of Papez\'s circuit?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Anterior thalamic nucleus \* \*\*b.\*\* Posterior thalamic nucleus \* \*\*c.\*\* VPL and VPM \* \*\*d.\*\* Lateral thalamic nucleus \*\*2. What is the shape of the thalamus?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Bean-shaped \* \*\*b.\*\* Coin-shaped \* \*\*c.\*\* Horseshoe-shaped \* \*\*d.\*\* Ball-shaped \*\*3. What structure delimits the thalamus laterally?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Caudate nucleus \* \*\*b.\*\* Internal capsule \* \*\*c.\*\* Putamen \* \*\*d.\*\* Pulvinar \*\*4. The epithalamus is primarily composed of which of the following?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Pineal and pituitary glands \* \*\*b.\*\* Pineal gland and habenular nuclei \* \*\*c.\*\* Habenula and pulvinar \* \*\*d.\*\* Pulvinar and pituitary gland \*\*5. What is the most prominent component of the intralaminar nuclear group?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Centromedian \* \*\*b.\*\* Parafascicular \* \*\*c.\*\* Paracentral \* \*\*d.\*\* Central lateral \*\*6. What is the largest nucleus of the ventral nuclear group?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Ventral posterior \* \*\*b.\*\* Ventral anterior \* \*\*c.\*\* Ventral lateral \* \*\*d.\*\* Pulvinar \*\*7. Which of the following is part of the caudal division of the intralaminar nuclear group?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Paracentral \* \*\*b.\*\* Central lateral \* \*\*c.\*\* Central medial \* \*\*d.\*\* Parafascicular \*\*8. Left geniculate body would receive visual inputs from which of the following?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Left nasal retina \* \*\*b.\*\* Left visual field of the left eye \* \*\*c.\*\* Right temporal retina \* \*\*d.\*\* Right visual field of the right eye \*\*9. What is the largest thalamic nuclear group?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Pulvinar \*\*10. What is the largest thalamic complex?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Pulvinar \* \*\*b.\*\* Medial nuclear group \* \*\*c.\*\* Dorsomedial nucleus \* \*\*d.\*\* Lateral nuclear group \*\*11. What covers the pulvinar?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Stratum zonale \* \*\*b.\*\* Caudate nucleus \* \*\*c.\*\* Stria terminalis \* \*\*d.\*\* Mamillothalamic tract \*\*12. What is the most caudal portion of the thalamus?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Lateral geniculate body \* \*\*b.\*\* Medial geniculate body \* \*\*c.\*\* Pulvinar \* \*\*d.\*\* Ventral posterior nucleus \*\*13. Which of the following overhangs the geniculates?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Ventral posterior nucleus \* \*\*b.\*\* Pulvinar \* \*\*c.\*\* Lateral posterior nucleus \* \*\*d.\*\* Internal medullary lamina \*\*14. What is the other term for the fasciculus retroflexus?\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Striae medullaris \* \*\*b.\*\* Habenulopeduncular tract \* \*\*c.\*\* Mamillothalamic tract \* \*\*d.\*\* Cholinergic pedunculopontine tract \*\*15. The thalamus is delimited anteriorly by the:\*\* \* \*\*a.\*\* Anterior commissure \* \*\*b.\*\* Interventricular foramen \* \*\*c.\*\* Pineal gland \* \*\*d.\*\* Pituitary gland