Spinal Cord
- Previous year questions on Spinal Cord for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 14 live questions in Spinal Cord.
- 3 of 14 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.About Brown-Sequard syndrome all are true EXCEPT
- AIpsilateral hemiplegia
- BIpsilateral loss of position and vibration
- CIpsilateral loss of pain and temperature✓ Correct answer
- DContralateral loss of pain and temperature
Q2.Epidural space lies between
- APia and arachnoid
- BDura and arachnoid
- CDura and vertebral column✓ Correct answer
- DPia mater and grey mater
Q3.A 26-year-old woman experiences severe back pain from an automobile accident. CT scan shows that the L5 vertebral foramen is completely obliterated by the collapsed L5 laminae and pedicles. In this injury, which of the following structures is crushed?
- ACauda equina✓ Correct answer
- BVertebral artery
- CFilum terminale
- DDenticulate ligament
Q4.Which of the following is not a component of brown Sequard syndrome?
- AC/L pain
- BC/L temperature
- CC/L loss of proprioception✓ Correct answer
- DI/L loss of fine touch
Q5.The Spinal cord ends at what level in a new born
- AT12- L1
- BLower border of L1
- CL1-L2
- DL3✓ Correct answer
Q6.Occlusion of Artery of Adamkiewicz leads to infarction of which of the following structures?
- ASpleen
- BMyocardium
- CSpinal cord✓ Correct answer
- DInternal capsule
Q7.Spinal cord ends at what level in adults?
- AT12
- BL1✓ Correct answer
- CL2
- DL3
Q8.Patient presented with imbalance on walking with eyes closed and has to lift up foot and stomp on ground to walk. The tract involved is:-
- ASpinocerebellar tract
- BDorsal column tract✓ Correct answer
- CLateral spinothalamic tract
- DVestibulospinal tract
Q9.In an adult, the spinal cord ends at the level of:
- ALower border of L1✓ Correct answer
- BL2
- CL3
- DL4
Q10.Spinal epidural space contains
- AAreolar tissue and internal veebral venous plex uses✓ Correct answer
- BOnly areolar tissue
- COnly cerebrospinal fluid
- DVeebral venous plexus and cerebrospinal fluid
Answer key
Q1: C. Ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature; Q2: C. Dura and vertebral column; Q3: A. Cauda equina; Q4: C. C/L loss of proprioception; Q5: D. L3; Q6: C. Spinal cord; Q7: B. L1; Q8: B. Dorsal column tract; Q9: A. Lower border of L1; Q10: A. Areolar tissue and internal veebral venous plex uses.
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