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Nervous System Quiz 182 (60 MCQs)

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1. The ..... gives the body its shape and supports and protects the internal organs.
2. Which type of cells in the PNS are responsible for protecting and cushioning neuron cell bodies?
3. The PNS consists if the:
4. The iris (the muscle in the eye that opens or closes to increase or decrease the size of the pupil) is an example of .....
5. What happens when an impulse reaches the axon terminal?
6. A neuron can have only one axon, but the axon may have occasional branches along its length.
7. Collection of nerve CELL BODIES in the CNS
8. What special region of the brain that regulates the expression of emotions and emotional memory?
9. What is the difference between a reflex and a normal nervous system response?
10. Nerve cell specialized for transferring messages
11. The environmental change that the body detects is know as the
12. ..... carries messages to and from the central nervous system.
13. Ganglions are found within the peripheral nervous system.
14. Thin layer of gray matter on surface of cerebrum
15. Fight or flight, activated during times of stress.
16. White matter in the CNS consists of
17. Which tool is used to diagnose someone with multiple sclerosis?
18. Which is not one of the three functions of the nervous system?
19. A nociceptor is sensitive to
20. Thinking of the pathway of an impulse from stimulus to response (not involving a reflex), how do the muscles get the message to move?
21. A coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear through which sound waves trigger nerve impulses by bending hair cells
22. '8th' cranial nerve affects:
23. Kylin knows that he can run, walk, swim, and crawl. He can get from one place to another. What part of the body is the BEST choice for transferring the information that tells his muscles how to get him from one place to another?
24. The highest point on a wave.
25. What is the function of cilia on ependymal cells?
26. Consist of nerve fibers that send information to the central nervous system-control voluntary actions (running after the ball, turning the page in a book)
27. Your fingers have ..... sensory receptors than the skin on your knee.
28. What is represented by C?
29. Which part of the neuron transmits signals to other neurons or to muscles and glands?
30. Which of the following is/are example(s) of information processed by the parietal lobe?
31. Commonly called "sensory" nerves
32. A patient is referred to a neurologist after complaining that he cannot see out of the right half of each eye. Which site is most likely affected by the lesion?
33. The part of the brain responsible for processing sight
34. The bumps you can see when you look at your tongue in a mirror are called .....
35. Glial cells that maintain the blood/brain barrier and hold neurons in place.
36. Which part of the ear is also known as the eardrum?
37. This part of the cerebrum controls skeletal muscle movement.
38. While transmiting impulses the neurons transmit it through a physical contact between the presynaptical neuron and the post synaptical.
39. The brain and spinal cord belong to the ..... system.
40. What cells allow vision in low light?
41. This system stores materials such as fats and minerals.
42. Which of the following senses occurs due to olfactory nerve cells
43. Cardiac muscles are part of the
44. What is found in the eye that converts electromagnetic (light) stimuli into a nerve impulse?
45. What percent of the brain makes up the cerebrum?
46. What is the fainting or sudden loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood supply to the cerebrum(brain)
47. The inner spinal cord is gray because it is composed of .....
48. Three kinds of muscle are
49. Unmyelinated fibers
50. The inner layer of the meninges is called
51. Damage to the temporal lobe is most likely to result in:
52. If the body is infected with bacteria or viruses, the most common response is .....
53. Carry message from body to brain from the brain to body.
54. Conduction of nerve impulse is:
55. Which of the following is NOT a major structure of the nervous system?
56. Inhibitory binding of NT's at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse causes ..... in a post-synaptic neuron
57. After sodium rushes into the cell from the sodium channel
58. Your fight or flight response and your rest and digest response are under voluntary control
59. What are the 2 parts of the human nervous system?
60. Which of the following are part of the Central Nervous System?
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