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NCLEX Neurology Practice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
The neuron processes that normally receives incoming stimuli are called:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dendrites are the branched processes of neurons that receive incoming signals and convey them toward the cell body.
Question 2 of 5
Preparing the body for 'fight-or-flight' response during threatening situations is the role of the:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The sympathetic nervous system activates the 'fight-or-flight' response, increasing heart rate and energy mobilization.
Question 3 of 5
If a patient cannot see the left-most part of his left visual field (but can see in all other areas), he may have a lesion
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A left optic nerve lesion affects the entire left eye’s field, including the left-most part of the left visual field, without contralateral effects.
Question 4 of 5
Achromatopsia is a partial or complete loss of color vision, despite cones being intact. A lesion in which part of the brain might result in this deficit?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: V4 is critical for color processing; a lesion here causes achromatopsia despite functional cones.
Question 5 of 5
Merkel's disks
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Merkel’s disks are slow-adapting, epicritic (fine touch, pressure) receptors, not rapidly adapting or protopathic (crude sensation).