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Nervous System Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. Decreasing blood pressure, slower heartbeat and decelerating respiration are controlled by
2. What part of the neuron receives the message from the previous neuron?
3. Positive feedback is the response in the opposite directions of a stimulus.
4. This fissure divides the brain into hemispheres (front to back)
5. This lobe is concerned with our sense of sight.
6. The long, fiber like part of a neuron which the cell sends impulses along to the axon terminal
7. What is unipolar in structural classification
8. An action potential refers to
9. Sympathetic Nervous System is the
10. What is the "fight or flight" division of the nervous system?
11. Grow throughout your lifetime
12. Information travels within the nervous system in the form of .....
13. How would you describe the location of the cerebellum?
14. In the contraction cycle, the step where the myosin head swivels towards the center of the sarcomere, pulling the thin filament is called
15. A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions
16. Which organ system provides support and protects vital organs?
17. Responsible for balance, posture and motor coordination.
18. Can you feel this cotton wool
19. What is the purpose of regular exercise for the nervous system?
20. How many PARTS of the Nervous System are there?
21. A type of receptor that detects light.
22. The part of the brain responsible for relaying sensory information to the cerebrum is the
23. What is Cephal/o?
24. A condition involving a progressive loss of brainfunction with major consequences for memory, thinking, and behavior
25. ..... neurons transmit a response message to the shoulder muscles.
26. What structure in the brain is responsible for producing smooth coordinated movements and maintaining body posture?
27. What does the muscular system do?
28. Transmission of impulses across a synapse is made possible by
29. The polarity of a neuron dictates the direction of signal conduction.
30. What is the cerebrum?
31. Jake is helping clean the garage. When he sweeps a dusty corner, he sneezes & his eyes water. Which of the following best describes his body's response to the dust particles?
32. Inductive reasoning is .....
33. Neurotransmitter acetylcholine Acetylcholine is released into the synaptic cleft due to stimulation of which type of ion?
34. Which nerves take the information out from the Central to the Periphery?
35. What is the other name for brain?
36. A person accidentally touches a hand to a hot stove and quickly pulls the hand away, even before sensory information about the hot stove reaches the brain. The person's reaction is most directly enabled by
37. Which nerve fiber transmits nerve impulses away from the soma to another neuron?
38. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) contains what?
39. Includes a sensory receptor (in this case, a receptor in your toe), sensory neuron, motor neuron, and effector (leg muscle).
40. Which of the following receptors are found in the semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule?
41. How many lobes make it up?
42. Nervous tissue may degenerate or break down.
43. What does the neuron's Axon do?
44. When a section of the resting neuron is stimulated .....
45. A nerve cell is known as a
46. The brain weighs approximately
47. An interneuron carries a message from the central nervous system to the muscle.
48. Which of the following physiological symptoms indicate the parasympathetic nervous system is dominant?
49. Glial cells are smaller and less in number than neurons.
50. The ..... acts to keep one aroused and awake.
51. Possesses the Sensory Cortex
52. Which describes a depolarized nerve?
53. This is the function of the general interpretation area.
54. The cranial nerve directly involved with swallowing is the .....
55. The resting potential indicates that the inside of the neuron is ..... compared to the outside.
56. Neurons that transmit impulses to the spinal cord and brain from all parts of the body.
57. The parietal lobe contains the
58. Antibodies are produced by:
59. The outer ear collects sound waves and passes them to the .....
60. What is the role of neurotransmitters in the nervous system during exercise?
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