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Nervous System Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. What are the two primary divisions of the nervous system?
2. Which of the following is NOT correlated with higher complexity/intelligence in animals?
3. Thinking about a wish list for Christmas would be an example of using your .....
4. What is the type of neuron that carries an action potential from an affector to the spinal cord?
5. Neurons are microscopic cells. They can join together with other neurons to form connections called pathways that transmit information. These pathways can get stronger the more they are used.
6. Responsible for the interpretation of language/speech.
7. How Much bones does a skull have?
8. Sweating to cool down
9. What number is the Facial Nerve
10. Where are receptors found?
11. The vital centers for the control of visceral activities such as heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, swallowing, and vomiting are located in the .....
12. Name the part of the eye, which is involved in focusing light on the retina
13. Autonomic dysreflexia conditions can lead to severe complications such as stroke, seizures and death.
14. What three types of color-sensing photoreceptors (cones) are in the human eye? What happens when one is missing because of a genetic mutation?
15. A band of tissue that connects the hemispheres of the brain
16. The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system work together.
17. The CNS consists of
18. The ..... sheath is an electrical insulator, made of layers of lipids that covers the axon.
19. Which two organs does the Central Nervous System include?
20. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling heart rate?
21. Which of the following regulates the transition between sleeping, being awake, and being in a heightened state of awareness?
22. Carries messages from the sense organs to the spinal cord and brain
23. The smaller bone of the forearm, on the same side as the thumb, is the .....
24. In the contraction cycle, ATP is required for which step
25. The myelin-producing neuroglia of the peripheral nervous system
26. The brain and spinal cord consist of two types of matter-grey and white. Which contains nerve cells and is well supplied with blood vessels?
27. Hich of the following statements is TRUE?
28. How does the nervous system help maintain homeostasis?
29. This is the primary organ of CNS that receives and interprets countless signals.
30. What is the role of neurotransmitters in signal transmission?
31. Regulates the amount of light entering the eye and gives the eye its color.
32. Where is the brain located?
33. When the spinal cord shortcuts the brain to help protect the body its called a .....
34. The ..... is the body's control center.
35. Portion of the nervous system that gathers info from the environment
36. How many pairs of cranial nerves are on the underside of the brain?
37. The ecosystem's ability to maintain equilibrium even when adisturbance has occurred.
38. Your main reflex center is located in the
39. The lobe responsible for controlling our hearing and smell is the .....
40. This research method is a measure of the extent to which two variables change together, and thus of how well either variable predicts the other
41. The cells that make up the nervous system
42. Inability to focus and loss of attention are symptoms of:
43. Which of the following is not a division of the autonomic nervous system?
44. The neurons consist of ..... parts
45. Which lobe of the brain is located immediately anterior to the central sulcus?
46. Why central nervous system controls body movement?
47. Your body contains sense receptors that ..... so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.
48. It serves as the reflex center of the body.
49. Which brain structure is in control of your hormones, growth, and development?
50. The idea that if a neuron fires, it will always fire at the same intensity is known as?
51. Which nerves carry Information from body parts to the brain?
52. Any change or signal in the environment that can make an organism react in some way.
53. Nervous system function that receives information from the environment and translates it into the electrical signals of nervous tissue.
54. If the occipital lobe of the brain is damaged, the patient's ..... may be affected.
55. What are the two main components of the peripheral nervous system?
56. Small cellular processes that receive input
57. The Central Nervous System is almost all .....
58. Once an action potential is triggered, the first major chemical change is
59. Another name for a nerve cell
60. This is the electrical charge that travels down an axon when a neuron is firing
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