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Nervous System Quiz 105 (60 MCQs)

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1. Tammy has trouble with her weight and appetite control. This might be caused by:
2. Type of sensory receptor capable of transducing temperature stimuli into neural action potentials.
3. Subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that allows us to voluntarily control our skeletal muscles:
4. The cell body contains the
5. General term for chemical substances released from the presynaptic terminal
6. What is the purpose of a control group?
7. Imagine David, James, and Benjamin are superheroes with the power of the nervous system. What would be their superpower?
8. The brain is an information processing system powered by electrical impulses and chemical messengers. This is an example of:
9. What are Schwann cell?
10. The changes produced by increased sympathetic impulses, allowing the body to deal with any type of stress
11. Which part of the diencephalon forms the posterior side of the diencephalon and is composed of the pineal gland?
12. True or False. Regardless of the intensity of the nerve stimulus, all action potentials will change the membrane potential of the cell the same amount. (The graph looks the same for all action potentials)
13. A student sits in class and blinks and breaths normally while taking notes. Their blinking and breathing would be .....
14. These are the elevations on the surface of the cerebrum that give it a wrinkled appearance.
15. How many miles per hour does a nerve impulse travel?
16. ..... get nerve impulses from other neurons.
17. This lobe of the brain contains the somatosensory cortex and is crucial for processing the information from touch.
18. During falling phase, which channel(s) open?
19. What two organ systems control all the other systems?
20. Which of the following is a somatic reflex?
21. A channel opens on a postsynaptic membrane that causes a negative ion to enter the cell. What type of graded potential is this?
22. I can ..... with my tongue
23. Which of the following is NOT a fact about nerves?
24. When you are running, the ..... speeds up your heart rate and the blood flow to the skeletal muscles, stimulates the sweat glands and adrenal glands, and slows down the contractions of the smooth muscles in the digestive system.
25. Where are tears produced in the eye?
26. When the eyeball is too short, causing Farsightedness
27. The nerves connect your body to the central nervous system
28. What is the difference between the small and large intestine?
29. What number is the Optic Nerve
30. Functions that you perform without conscious thought are called
31. What tissue is not innervated by the autonomic nervous system?
32. What is the phototropism?
33. For most people, the ..... frontal lobe is larger.
34. How many nerves are in the body?
35. Hitting a mosquito that sticks to our hands is a movement whose stimulation paths are sequentially .....
36. Any change inside or outside your body that causes a response is a .....
37. ..... is the main center of controlling the vital operations in the human body.
38. Accepts sensory messages.
39. What is a skull?
40. What regulates the body's sugar and helps produce insulin?
41. The sense of touch uses .....
42. Bundles of axons are called
43. Insulated sheath around an axon
44. Which part of the brain is in charge of motor functions and reasoning skills?
45. The anterior, convex clear window of the eye
46. In the skin, what gathers information from the environment about pressure, temperature and pain?
47. Ependymal cells is responsible for:
48. Sensory nerves found in the eyes, ears, and nose.
49. Most abundant and versatile glial cells; governs the exchange of materials between neurons and capillaries
50. Match the neurotransmitter with its function:Acetylcholine
51. Classification for neurons that have one branch from the cell body
52. The Autonomic NS controls
53. ..... is responsible for processing vision
54. This controls involuntary actions.
55. What is the fatty material coating the axon
56. What are the two types of nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system?
57. How do the muscles create heat?
58. Which of the following is not a way to measure exercise intensity?
59. What is the range of normal glucose level in cerebrospinal fluid?
60. Sensory neurons are also called
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