Neuroscience Quiz: Functional Types of Neurons and Neural Pathways

Figure 1, functional types of neurons and the location of their cell bodies in the grey matter
of the nervous system
( numbers 1 – 4 represent the structures below them between the organ and the CNS)
Q1) Identify which structure on the diagram would be found between sensory and motor
neurons:
Answer: D, 5, 6, B, C,9,7,E,A,8 ?
E
Q2) which number represents a sympathetic pathway?
Answer: 4, 3, 1, 2 ?
3
Q3)For the sympathetic pathway identified in question 2 , where is the post-ganglionic cell
body located?
Answer: 5, E,D,C,8,9,A,7,B,6 ?
9
Q4) From the list of names, select the correct name for structure 7
Answer: ventral horn, parasympathetic ganglia, cranial nerve ganglia, lateral horn,
sympathetic ganglia, dorsal root ganglion, dorsal horn?
Ventral horn
Q5) Which neurons release norepinephrine as a neurotransmitter?
Answer: post ganglionic parasympathetic, pre ganglionic sympathetic, GSE, post ganglionic
sympathetic, pre ganglionic parasympathetic?
Post ganglionic sympathetic neurons
Q6) which neuron on the diagram would be classified as a GSA neuron?
Answer: C, 9,7,6,E,8,B,A,D,5 ?
9
Q7) Name ONE pathway that has the functional classification of neurons from question 6?
Answer: Lateral corticospinal, lateral spinothalamic, dorsal column – medial Lemniscal?
dorsal column – medial Lemniscal
Q8) Select the functional classification of neuron B
Answer: GVA, SVA, SSA, GSA, GSE, GVE ?
GVE
Q9) Name a pathway that has the functional classification of neurons in question 8:
Answer: Lateral Corticospinal, Lateral spinothalamic, Dorsal column medial lemniscal?
Lateral spinothalamic
Q10) Identify which structure on the diagram would contain the cell body of a neuron that
will carry information from the skin to the brain:
Answer: E, D, 6,5,C,A,8, 9,B,7 ?
9
Figure 2: A diagram showing a neural pathway, use this diagram to answer questions 11 – 20

Q11) Select the name as specifically as possible of structure 10:
Answer: spinal cord, first order neuron, second order neuron, cerebral hemisphere, third
order neuron?
Third order neuron
Q12) select the name as specifically as possible of structure 11:
Answer: spinal cord, cerebral hemisphere, second order neuron, cerebellum, brainstem,
third order neuron, first order neuron?
Cerebral hemisphere
Q13) select the correct description of the location of structure 12:
Answer: white matter of the spinal cord, dorsal horn of the spinal cord, subarachnoid space,
grey matter of the spinal cord, lateral horn of the spinal cord, ventral horn of the spinal
cord?
Grey matter in the spinal cord
Q14) select the name as specifically as possible of the location where structure 13 would be
found:
Answer: sympathetic ganglion, white matter of the spinal cord, dorsal horn of the spinal
cord, trigeminal ganglion, dorsal root ganglion, lateral horn of the spinal cord, ventral horn
of the spinal cord, parasympathetic ganglion?
Lateral horn of the spinal cord
Q15) Which functional type of neuron is labelled as structure 14?
Answer: GVE, GSA, Special afferent, interneuron, GSE?
GSA
Q16) Select the name of the pathway shown on figure 2:
Answer: lateral corticospinal pathway, general motor pathway, Dorsal column medial
lemniscal pathway, anterior corticospinal pathway, lateral spinothalamic pathway?
Dorsal column medial lemniscal pathway
Q17) Indicate as specifically as possible where the pathway shown in figure 2 terminates:
Answer: special sensory cortex, pre motor cortex, cortex, somatosensory cortex, sensory
cortex ?
Somatosensory cortex
Q18) For the neural pathway drawn in figure 2 what type of information would be carried?
Answer: proprioception, crude touch pressure and body sense/prorioception, discriminative
touch pain and body sense/propricoception, pain and temperature, discriminative touch
pressure and body sense/proprioception, subconscious proprioception, crude touch and
pressure?
crude touch pressure and body sense/prorioception
Q19) where does the neural pathway drawn in figure 2 decussate?
Answer: in the dorsal root ganglion, in the brainstem, in the spinal cord, as it leaves the
receptor, cerebral hemispheres, in the medulla oblongata?