Nervous System Quiz 180 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of the soluble factor that results in fibrinolysis?
2. Volume is determined by the ..... of the sound wave
3. Membrane of the dendrite or effector cell
4. Which neuroglia cell does not belong in the CNS?
5. The ..... nervous system arouses the body during times of stress
6. The cells that send and receive signals
7. How do neurons carry information
8. The motor function is divided into two categories. Which transmits voluntary instructions to muscles?
9. What are the chemicals that aid in transmission of the electrical impulse from one neuron to the next?
10. Can you feel this pin
11. Which branch of the nervous system is directly responsible for controlling your heart rate, breathing rate and digestive system?
12. What is the key role of the nervous system?
13. What is the space inside the iris called?
14. In assessing CN XI, what should the examiner do?
15. What part of the neuron is myelinated?
16. What is the longest bone in a human?
17. As an impulse enters a nerve cell, describe the way it travels through this nerve cell.
18. A soccer player has been taken to the hospital with a painful injury. The doctor explains that she has ripped the place in her ankle where the bone was attached to the muscle. Bones cannot move without muscles. What did the soccer player rip?
19. Neurotransmitter destroyed by
20. The part of the brain which controls emotion, behavior, memory, emotional learning, fear, anxiety, & pleasure is .....
21. What is any quick response to stimuli that skips the brain?
22. Which of the following acts as a relay center for somatesthetic sensation?
23. Your senses are connected to which system?
24. The main function of the nervous system is to maintain
25. This tissue is found in the camera eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates and is densely packed with photoreceptors.
26. Which muscle can you not consciously control?
27. Which of the following is the name of the cell that supports the transmitting cells of the nervous system?
28. Which neurotransmitter is involved in the "Fight or Flight" response?
29. When your nervous systems lets you decide what happens to you body like raising a hand or going for a walk this is considered a .....
30. This controls the sensory function of touch to the skin.
31. What two systems work together as your body's communication system?
32. Mrs. Rogers likes to light scented candles during Christmas time. After a few days she could no longer smell the candles. This is an example of
33. Specialized cells of the nervous system that carry messages through an electrochemical process.
34. The sympathetic system is responsible for which of the following
35. The gap between two communicating neurons is termed:
36. A man was hit in the head and now has difficulty walking and maintaining his balance. What part of the brain is MOST LIKELY affected?
37. What part of the Nervous system is responsible of automatic stress responses?
38. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Myel/o [ MYELO ]?
39. Which lobe of the brain was damaged in Phineas Gage
40. The following auditory-related constructs. a) Inferior colliculus b) Cochlear nucleus c) Medial geniculate nucleus d) Trapezoid body e) Lateral lemniscus f) Auditory cortexWhat is the order in the transmission of auditory messages?
41. The Cerebellum is located .....
42. Which structure in the eye causes a blind spot?
43. Which of the following do scientists believe is responsible for your personality?
44. Which of the following nerve impulses travels the fastest?
45. A typical reflex arc begins with stimulation of what?
46. The nervous system involves the use of both electrical signals (nerve impulses) and chemical signals (neurotransmitters).
47. Includes all nerves outside of the Central Nervous System, which are the car drivers
48. Sympathetic nervous system is a part ofcentral nervous system.
49. Clouding of the eye's lens occurs in
50. This system promotes the FIGHT OR FLIGHT response
51. What is the job of the olfactory cells?
52. Which part of the nervous is needed to react to stress?
53. The coloured circle in the eye is known as
54. Neurons that function to connect neurons to other neurons in the central nervous system are called .....
55. An undersupply of this neurotransmitter is associated with paralysis and Alzheimer's disease.
56. What is the function of the motor nerves?
57. The visual cortex is an example of a collection of neurons with a shared function, which is called a .....
58. The end point of the neuron where neurotransmitters are stored
59. A large, sack-like organ that churns the food and bathes it in a very strong gastric acid.
60. Approximately how many muscles is the human body made up of?