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UZHELTH Public Health Mobility Programme
TEST LESSON 7TH MARCH 2016 - PISA
The cerebellum: functional role in motor control and vulnerability to toxic agents
(Prof. Riccardo Ruffoli)
1. Which one of the following fissures divides the cerebellum into anterior and posterior lobes?
A. horizontal
B. primary
C. posterolateral
D. secondary
2. Which one of the following is a part of the spinocerebellum?
A. flocculus
B. paravermal regions
C. nodule
D. lateral hemisphere
3. Ataxia is defined as:
A. inability to perform rapidly alternating movements
B. error in the range of movement.
C. error in the rate, force, and direction of movement.
D. muscle weakness
4. The pontocerebellum is concerned with
A. regulation of muscle tone of limbs
B. maintenance of equilibrium
C. regulation of muscle tone of trunk
D. smooth performance of skilled acts
5. Most of the efferent fibers of the cerebellum are projected to the
A. midbrain (superior peduncle)
B. pons (middle peduncle)
C. medulla oblongata (inferior peduncle)
D. spinal cord (inferior peduncle)
6. The (main) excitatory neurons of the cerebellar cortex are
A. basket cells
B. granule cells
C. Golgi cells
D. stellate cells
7. The pathway that passes through the middle cerebellar peduncle is
A. vestibulo-cerebellar
B. ponto-cerebellar
C. dorsal spino-cerebellar
D. olivo-cerebellar
8. The dendrites of Purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex synapse with the axons of
A. deep cerebellar nuclei
B. Golgi cells
C. mossy fibers
D. granule cells
9. Which one of the following neurons forms the sole output neurons of the cerebellar cortex?
A. basket cells
B. Golgi cells
C. Purkinje cells
D. stellate cells
10. The axons of the Purkinje cells end mainly in the
A. cerebellar nuclei
B. thalamus
C. pons
D. medulla oblongata
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