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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
Professor
Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
1.     What are the 3 major long tracts of the nervous system?
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2.     Where do the majority of descending motor pathways decussate?
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3.     A lesion of the corticospinal tract occurring in the medulla would produce deficits in the body that are ipsilateral or contralateral to the lesion?
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4.     Lesions in the precentral gyrus cause (a) (choose one: motor or sensory) deficits of the (b) (choose one: ipsilateral or contralateral) side of the body.
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5.     A lesion such as stroke or head trauma in the somatosensory association cortex would most likely cause severe sensory deficits, such as ability to feel pain or temperature. True or false?
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6.     Is a patient with face and arm weakness more likely to have a lesion on the lateral cortical surface or in the interhemispheric fissure?
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7.     Is a patient with leg weakness more likely to have a lesion on the lateral cortical surface or in the interhemispheric fissure?Â
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1.     In the spinal cord, sensory neurons run through the gray matter on the dorsal side of the cord, while motor neurons run through the ventral side. True or false.Â
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2.     White matter in the spinal cord is thickest in what area?
a)Â Â Â Â Â Cervical
b)Â Â Â Â Â Thoracic
c)Â Â Â Â Â Lumbar
d)Â Â Â Â Sacral
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3.     What is the function of the lateral corticospinal tract?
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4.      What general level of the spinal cord relates to the lungs?
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