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Nervous System Quiz 163 (60 MCQs)

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1. What bones protect the spinal cord?
2. The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls conscious activities
3. Functions such as sensing of touch, pain, and temperature, hearing and spatial and visual perception are processed in the ..... lobe of the cerebrum.
4. Which of the following is a function of the motor division of the nervous system?
5. Which Neurotransmitter allows you to perceive pain?
6. I can hear with my .....
7. If a patient became a paraplegic, what would you expect to see?
8. The dermis contains receptors that respond to temperature and pain.
9. Which structure is affected when a person experiences meningitis?
10. Which of the following is not a type of muscle fiber?
11. The organ of hearing is the
12. This part of the brain is split into 2 halves called right and left hemisphere.
13. If there is a noise, what sense is activated?
14. What are satellite cells
15. Neuron's cell body that contains nucleus, DNA, mitochondria, etc.
16. The basic part of the nervous system is called this.
17. True or False:The brain communicates with the rest of the body through the spinal cord and nerves
18. What is the function of the Na+/K+ pump during the action potential process?
19. Which of these terms are associated with communication between neurons?
20. Which ions are involved in action potential and maintaining membrane potentials
21. The point where two neurons connect; this connector helps send information from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to cells.
22. These are parts of the neuron that receive messages from nearby neurons .....
23. Relay station for sensory impulses traveling to the sensory cortex
24. Plasma is the (a) made mostly of water
25. Which ion causes neurotransmitter vesicles to fuse to the axon's membrane
26. What do you call the efferent nerves connected to skeletal muscles?
27. Ability to transmit an impulse
28. The junction between two communicating neurons is called the .....
29. What percentage of athletes do not report feeling any symptoms after a concussive blow?
30. The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system carries messages away from the brain
31. What means reflex actions?
32. Part of Sensory division that carries signals from skin, bones, joints and muscles
33. Where in your body do you find nerve cells? Choose the best answer.
34. It runs down the middle of the spine or the backbone.
35. Which is an example of a function the muscular system performs?
36. Which group goes on the yellow side
37. Groups of related nerve cell bodies located outside of the central nervous system are called .....
38. What part of the brain controls swallowing and hiccups in humans? (M.A. 53)
39. Melanie touched a really hot metal pot handle what should her response be?
40. The second largest region of the brain.
41. The part of the brain that is responsible for thought, reasoning, memory, speech, and voluntary body movement is the .....
42. The part of the peripheral nervous system that carries signals to and from the skeletal muscles is known as the
43. The mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine are part of which body system?
44. What is NOT true about all 5 senses
45. Which of the following is NOT caused by the fight or flight response?
46. Name the largest and the uppermost part of the brain
47. This is the lobe of the cerebrum that is found deep inside.
48. Transmits nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glandular epithelial tissues.
49. Which of the following is a neurodegenerative disease found in individuals over age 65
50. Heart skip a beat
51. Which ion is pumped into the axon of a neuron to help maintain the resting potential?
52. At resting potential this ion is in high concentration on the outside of the neuron membrane making the outside of the neuron positively charged.
53. Digesting a meal you just ate engages the ..... nervous system.
54. What layer of skin contains nerves, blood vessels, oil glands, muscles, and sweat glands?
55. A nerve cell that conducts impulses to a muscle, gland, or other effector.
56. The end part of the neuron that stores and releases neurotransmitters into the synapse
57. ..... are substances that color materials by reflecting light of certain wavelengths and absorbing light of other wavelengths.
58. The outer layer of the meninges that is composed of tough, dense fibrous connective tissue
59. The joint that moves in one direction, like a door
60. The phrase, "Has a mission to give to give you strong bones and vision" refers to this vitamin.
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