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Nervous System Quiz 175 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT a function of the axon in a neuron?
2. Which section of the brain is responsible for coordinating muscle movements, balance and posture, and muscle tone?
3. Cerebellum Functions
4. White matter of the nervous system is composed of .....
5. Which organ does not belong to the nervous system?
6. This portion of the nervous system is responsible for "fight or flight" responses
7. It is a temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain that causes stroke-like symptoms.
8. What are the dendrites?
9. One of many branch like processes that extends from the neuron cell body and functions as a contact for incoming signals (synapses) from other neurons or sensory cells.
10. Which part of the nervous system controls voluntary muscles?
11. The ..... is where more chemical digestion happens than anywhere else.
12. Elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebrum
13. The minimum stimulus to cause an action potential to be produced is a .....
14. Neha smells a flower in a garden. Which part of her brain controls this smelling sense?
15. Which nerve is sensory & motor and responsible for facial sensation and chewing?
16. What does the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) consist of?
17. Chemical messengers that carry neural signal from one neuron to another
18. What is the name of the small space between the axon of one nerve cell and the dendrite of another nerve cell?
19. Motor Neurons send impulses from the brain and spinal cord to which of the following?
20. Watering of the Mouth is an example of-
21. True or False, the ears are also responsible for hearing and balance
22. This is the middle layer of the cerebrum.
23. This monitors the body's response to injury and controls life-support functions such as heart rate and respiration.
24. Accommodation of the eye the refers to
25. What "activates" the body's flight-or-fight response?
26. The peripheral nervous system lies ..... of the central nervous system.
27. The uninsulated gaps, where the axon is exposed between the Schwann cells, are known as .....
28. Neuron that receives messages
29. What is vision based on according to the provided information?
30. Knots of capillaries within each ventricle that form the cerebral spinal fluid.
31. This type of immunity can be called nonspecific and refers to the bodies defenses that are present since birth.
32. What is the outermost meninx?
33. The short extensions that receive signals.
34. Neurons can be classified off their structural and their functional use (T/F)?
35. Because action potentials are forced to "jump" from one node of Ranvier to the next due to myelin sheath, the conduction of an impulse along a neuron is called .....
36. Impulses from one neuron to another through a synapse can be either excitatory or inhibitory.
37. Structural classification of nerve:Extend from/ go to brain
38. Pain and temperature receptors:
39. Which of the following is NOT true of the Sodium-Potassium Pump?
40. Statements related to graded potential?
41. The capillaries equivalent in the nervous systems are:
42. What is the correct term for the specialised cells that detect changes in the external environment?
43. The meninges consist of
44. Which branch of the autonomic nervous system would increase the heart rate?
45. -Takes charge of the complex brain fun actions, such as intelligence, memory, behaviour, and feelings. It is composed of the brain and spinal cord.
46. What does the olfactory nerve do?
47. What part of the nervous pathway sends electrical impulses to muscles or glands?
48. Ethan, Mason, and Benjamin are studying the human nervous system. They are trying to identify which part is NOT part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Can you help them choose from the following options?
49. The taste hairs can distinguish between only five basic stimuli.
50. Sensory receptors that allow you to know where your body is without looking
51. Neurons are physically connected.
52. The increase in muscle tension that is produced by increasing the number of active motor units is called
53. Glial cells that myelinate axons in the CNS.
54. Regions of the nervous system containing cell bodies of neurons with few or no myelinated axons; actually may be more pink or tan in color, but called gray in contrast to white matter.
55. Which area of the brain is primarily associated with language comprehension?
56. The Central Nervous System is composed of the brain and spinal cord.
57. Which part of the brain enables the two halves of the cerebrum to communication?
58. Which of the following does not have organelles?
59. What kind of neuron carries signals to and from the sensory neurons to the motor neurons?
60. Which bone of the middle ear touches the oval window?
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