Nervous System Quiz 158 (60 MCQs)

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1. Where is the sciatic nerve?
2. This part of your brain controls involuntary muscular movement including the muscles that allow you to keep your balance without giving it a second thought.
3. What does the retina do?
4. Bladder constricts (allows for urination)
5. In a resting neuron:
6. What is the main pathway of information that connects the brain to the rest of the body?
7. Most of our digestion takes place in the
8. Type O blood can donate blood to all blood groups but cannot receive blood from Type A, B and AB.
9. What happens after a sensory neuron collects an impulse?
10. The ..... nervous system carries impulses from the central nervous system to the heart and other organs.
11. This is what the brainstem is associated with having control of in your body.
12. The ..... is directly behind the central fissure in the front of the parietal lobe.
13. Which part of the bone is found at the end of the bone and protects it?
14. Part of the brain that controls the most basic functions of life
15. What do you call bundle of axons
16. The part of the brainstem that joins the hemispheres of the cerebellum and connects the cerebrum with the cerebellum.
17. The circular, transparent area in the front portion of the eye is
18. Cerebrospinal fluid provides nutrition tobrain.
19. Select the axon's electrical signal
20. It is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.
21. Unmyelinated nerve fibres are present in:
22. A man suffers a head injury in a car accident. For several days afterward, he has difficulty remembering phone numbers. This loss of memory results from damage to the man's
23. The cranial nerve that is responsible for taste and swallowing
24. Why is a reflex action faster than a reaction?
25. Cord-like section of the neuron that conducts the signal away from the cell body
26. What Fibre Carries Nerve Impulses
27. This cranial nerve allows you to swallow and talk
28. Motor Nerve Fibers carry signals from ..... to the .....
29. Nerve cells that receive information and send impulses to the brain or spinal cord are called ..... neurons.
30. For every 2 potassium (K+) pump into the cell it pumps out 3 sodium (Na+)
31. The part of the brain that controls conscious thoughts, senses, and language is called the .....
32. What is the first step in the pain withdrawal reflex?
33. The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system.
34. Which part of the brain is connected with hearing, short term memory, sense of smell
35. Muscles that are under your control. Smiling, turning a page in a book and getting out of your chair are some examples.
36. The network of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, connecting them to the rest of the body
37. True or False:Sensory neurons carry impulses from the central nervous system to the effector organ
38. The division or part of the nervous system s that is composed of the brain and spinal cord.
39. Which part of the Nervous System is responsible for processing information that was received from the external environment?
40. Can you pull my hand
41. The tympanic membrane is the scientific name for what structure?
42. A neuron that transmits a nerve impulse toward the central nervous system is called a(n):
43. A stroke in the primary motor area has caused Peter to lose control over his skeletal muscles on the right side of his body. What lobe of his brain was damaged?
44. *In excitation contraction coupling, calcium ions are released from the
45. What do you call the cell that compose the nerves? This is the basic working unit of the nervous system.
46. What is one common problem or disorder that occurs with the endocrine system?
47. You can find mechanoreceptors inside which organ?
48. Which has co-ordinating fibers and which has neurons in a nerve net, respectively?
49. The brain and the spinal cord are part of the:
50. Which of the following is the section of the brain located at the rear and bottom of each cerebral hemisphere and contains the visual centers of the brain?
51. Which part of your body is a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
52. What part of the neuron passes messages through its branches to other neurons or to muscles or glands?
53. Which imaging technique identifies abnormal tissue metabolism?
54. Skin surface areas that are supplied by a single spinal nerve are called .....
55. The movement of sodium and potassium ions across a cell membrane is called a(n)
56. What part of the brain determines emotional reaction, especially involving excitement or fear?
57. What are the 4 ventricles of the brain filled with?
58. Liquid part of the blood. 90% water.
59. One example of how the nervous system interacts with circulatory system
60. Nerve impulse travels through sensory neuron to .....