Nervous System Quiz 127 (60 MCQs)

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1. Central communicator between the brain and rest of the body
2. The nervous that conduct messages from sensory receptors to the central nervous system
3. What is the name of the response when the body is STRESSED?
4. In the diagram, which labeled part is responsible for problem-solving? In the diagram, which labeled part is responsible for problem solving?
5. Which of the following statements about axons is true?
6. Cells in the body that contain receptors that match certain hormones.
7. What is the tail of a Neuron called?
8. Collection of myelinated nerve fibers in the CNS.
9. The connective tissue wrapping that surrounds bundles (fascicles) of axons is the
10. What is the function of an interneuron in the nervous system?
11. Large, upper part of the brain that controls activity andthought
12. Suchart was involved in a car accident which caused him to suffer from temporary amnesia. Suchart's memory loss is likely caused by an injury to a part of his brain.
13. Which is the correct order of events in depolarization then repolarization?
14. The brain stem controls the body's autonomic functions such has breathing, heart rate, hearing, smelling, sleep patterns.
15. Astrocytes (a neuroglial cell) functions to
16. Efferent neurons
17. Once in the alveoli, air then goes to the ....., where gas exchange occurs.
18. When potassium leaves the neuron, it becomes .....
19. Gaps in conduction of action potential down a cell
20. Which part of the nervous system does not need your control (is involuntary)?
21. Damage to the prefrontal cortex might result in
22. Elastic fibers that connect bones to other bones at movable joints are known as
23. Echoencephalography
24. ..... of the nervous system generate, transmit, receive, and respond to electrochemical signals
25. Which division of the autonomic nervous system initiates a response known as the fight or flight
26. A resting neuron is considered to be .....
27. Cranial nerve I is .....
28. Which part of the eye contains the photoreceptor cells Rods and Cones?
29. A 30-year-old male suffers a serious injury of the CNS that results from an industrial accident. A neurological evaluation suggests that the major input to the Flocculonodular lobe is damaged. Which of the following structures provides the major input to the flocculonodular lobe that was damaged?
30. It is an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
31. A concussion is:
32. The ..... lobe is used to process auditory information and contains the Broca's area and the Wernicke's area.
33. Part of the peripheral that controls conscious activities
34. An involuntary and automatic response to a stimulus, often involving the spinal cord
35. Which of the following is controlled by the nervous system?
36. Carry messages from brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands
37. Our brain is divided into 3 parts
38. Both nerve types (sensory & motor)
39. The Pons and the Medulla are located on the .....
40. An involuntary response never involves the brain.
41. Which type of neuroglial cell is shaped like a star and provided support for neurons?
42. The motor output is the efferent division of the PNS and receives information from from where?
43. Which of the following contains only motor fibers?
44. The fifth cranial nerve responsible for chewing?
45. What is the liquid that covers the brain?
46. These types of glial cells are in the CNS. They connect neurons to capillaries and are also used as support. They control the chemical environment around the neuron and help repair if it's injured.
47. Focal point is behind the eyeball
48. Sensory neurons are primarily responsible for which of the following?
49. Muscle coordination is a function of the
50. How can we best describe a nerve impulse?
51. Controls involuntary motor movements
52. How are memories created?
53. Diffusion is when molecules .....
54. What is the slender column of nervous tissue that is continuous with the brain and extends downward through the vertebral canal?
55. 3 membranes that over the brain and spinal cord:dura mater, arachnoid mater and pia mater
56. The largest part of the brain controls higher-order thinking and decision-making and is composed of the right and left hemispheres
57. How do hormones travel through the body?
58. What is the difference between a sensory nerve, and a motor nerve?
59. People with this type of vision can see things clearly when they are up close, but things are blurry far away.
60. Type of disease resulting from a degeneration of the dopamine-releasing neurons