| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where are the following: First order neuron cell bodies | Left Dorsal Root Ganglion | 90%
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where does the following occur: Termination of the pathway | Primary Somatosensory Cortex | 62%
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where does the following occur: Decussation | Medulla | 52%
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where do the following run: First order neuron axons | Dorsal Columns | 50%
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where are the following: Second order neuron axons | Right Medial Lemniscus | 50%
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| You step on a bed of hot coals with your right foot. Where are the following? First order neuron cell bodies | Right Dorsal Root Ganglion | 43%
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| A neurologist runs a feather over your left hand. To process this sensation, where does the following occur: Second Synapse | Right Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus | 40%
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| Tina, a 23 year old female, entered a clinical experiment without reading the description. During the trial, both of her VPL nuclei in her thalamus are lesioned. What symptoms would she likely be experiencing? | All of the above | 38%
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| You step on a bed of hot coals with your right foot. Where are the following? Second order neuron axons | Left Lateral Spinothalamic Tract | 36%
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| You step on a bed of hot coals with your right foot. Where are the following? Second Synapse | Left Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus | 36%
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| You step on a bed of hot coals with your right foot. Where are the following? First synapse | Right Substantia Gelatinosa | 31%
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| You step on a bed of hot coals with your right foot. Where are the following? Decussation | Ventral White Commissure | 31%
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| Louise, an 80 year old female, has a meningioma that damages only her ventral white commissure at T10. What symptom is she most likely experiencing? | Bilateral analgesia around the level of her umbilicus | 21%
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| Bob, a 90 year old male, presents to your office with bilateral loss of vibration sensation and inability to feel a cotton wisp. His pinprick test is normal. Imaging shows a focal CNS lesion. Where is the most likely location of the lesion? | Medulla | 21%
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| Gene, a 74 year old male, had difficulty and ataxia while trying to perform a Finger-nose-finger exam, and has a positive Romberg sign. Where is the LEAST likely location of the lesion? | Spinothalamic tract | 17%
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