Nervous System Quiz 141 (60 MCQs)

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1. Wernicke's area is involved in:
2. This controls the sensory function of hearing and tasting.
3. The output part of a neuron; single process specialized in conducting nerve impulses to other cells such as nerve, muscle and gland cells.
4. What part of the brain controls conscious activities, memory, language, and the senses?
5. The resting membrane potential is .....
6. For an action potential to occur, the voltage of the axon must change from .....
7. Which of the following is NOT a type of neuroglial cell?
8. What is the name of the collar bone?
9. Dermatomes are areas of skin innervated by specific:
10. This scan combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around your body and uses computer processing to create cross-sectional images (slices) of the bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside your body.
11. What are chemical messengers that go between nerves?
12. The parasympathetic system releases what type of substance into the axon?
13. Which of the following is the cause of illusion?
14. When a neuron is resting (not transmitting impulses), the outside of the cell has a .....
15. True or FalseThe effects of Cerebral Palsy are all the same no matter what part of the brain is damaged
16. A condition that occurs when the inside of a cell membrane is more negatively charged than the outside.
17. Impulses from the eye photoreceptors travel to the brain by the:
18. What organ controls the rest of the nervous system?
19. The cervical plexus innervates
20. An axon is covered by several Schwann cells. If it is severed, will it definitely heal?
21. Which of the following is not one of the traditional five senses?
22. What do myelin do?
23. The ..... nervous system provides involuntary regulation of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle.
24. What is your body's biggest organ?
25. What type of neuron carries signals from the sense organs to and from the brain and spinal cord?
26. A type of neuron found in the brain and spinal cord that functions to relay information between the brain and the body.
27. In peripheral nervous system, these receive messages from the CNS and transmit impulses out to peripheral effector organs, like muscles and glands:
28. What is the main purpose of the breathing system?
29. The peripheral nervous system consists of all of the nerves and associated cellsthat are ..... of the brain and the spinal cord.
30. Nerve impulses are electrical messages carried by a nerve cell. they can only travel in one direction. why?
31. Where does the spinal cord begin and end?
32. Which body system is responsible for the movement of the body?
33. What could we compare our nervous system to?
34. Which part of the following action statement is a stimulus?The rabbit saw a hawk circling in the sky so it scampered into the brush.
35. What are the 3 parts if the cardiovascular system?
36. Number of pairs of cranial nerves that arise from the brain:
37. What part of the eye contains the receptors for sight
38. The part of the eye that contains sensory receptors that process visual information and sends it to the brain:
39. What is the inner most covering of the CNS?
40. Sensory neurons are part of the ..... nervous system.
41. What is the outermost layer of the meninges?
42. If a stroke has occurred and the patients' vision is impaired, which lobe was affected by the stroke?
43. Which part of a neuron receives stimuli?
44. A group of connected structures in the brain that produces emotional feelings
45. Structural nervous system subdivision that consists of spinal nerves and cranial nerves
46. What is the innermost layer of the meninges called?
47. The part of the brain in which most thoughts, memories, voluntary actions, and intelligence occur is the .....
48. Part of the neuron that receives messages and sends the to the cell body
49. Part of brain that includes midbrain, pons, and medulla.
50. Myelin sheaths are formed around what structure of the neuron?
51. What is the voltage of a typical neuron at rest?
52. You can find lymph nodes in-
53. At what stage is there more potassium outside the neuron, and more sodium inside the neuron?
54. Damage to the brain stem would most likely result in
55. Network of nerves that transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord.
56. Which term describes changes in the internal or external environments that can cause a nervous system response?
57. The ..... is the opening in the center of the iris that controls the amount of light entering the eye.
58. The nose senses .....
59. The largest and most complex nerve tissue of the body is the:
60. This structure is stretched tight like the skin of a drum and is very sensitive.