Nervous System Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. What are the 2 ions responsible for generating a nerve impulse?
2. The right hemisphere controls which side is the body?
3. The three layers of the brain are called
4. Protects and shapes the majority of the eyeball
5. Which word means a change in the environment?
6. Which of the following represents Co ordination?
7. Where are bipolar nerves found?
8. Controls our basic emotions, including our mood and instincts.
9. What does your cerebellum do for you?
10. The precentral gyrus is involved with ..... activities.
11. The structure that controls the amount of light coming into the eye is the?
12. This area of the brain is broken into 4 lobes or 2 hemispheres
13. Involuntary nervous system
14. What happens to your digestive organ function during a sympathetic response?
15. The cerebrum consists of all of the following lobes EXCEPT the
16. According to the American Academy of Neurology, if you have any Loss of Conscience; the concussion is labeled as Severe.
17. All functions of the cerebellum are associated with:
18. Which neurons carry nerve impulses from the senses organs to the spinal cord or brain
19. The point at the back of the eye where the optic nerve leaves the eye is called the
20. True or False:The midbrain passes signals
21. What does PNS stand for?
22. Neural pathways make intelligence, learning and memory possible. An example of this is why driving takes so much concentration when someone first learns it, but later is second nature. The pathway became established.
23. The building unit of the nervous system is .....
24. It relays impulses between the brain and other parts of the body
25. How many axons are there in a nerve cell?
26. What is the name of the structure labeled as the outermost part of the ear?
27. These cells have the same function as oligodendrocytes but are found in the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
28. Demonstrate irritability and conductivity, and thus transmit electrical messages from one area of the body to another area
29. Located at the junction of the temporal, parietal, and occipital lobe. allows one to sound out words
30. Which of the following cells is responsible for the production of myelin
31. The deep groove that separates the cerebral hemispheres.
32. Motor nerves are also knowns as
33. There are billions of ..... in the brain.
34. The ..... is in charge of sending messages from our brain to the rest of our body.
35. We blink without thinking about it. Which branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible?
36. This sensory/afferent subcategory (receptor to CNS) is the stimulus is consciously perceived
37. Automatic response that occurs quickly and without conscious control
38. What is the role of serotonin in the nervous system?
39. The junction or space between neurons
40. These are the 2 parts of the diencephalon
41. When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, heart rate will ..... and rate of digestion will .....
42. Which tests show function and structure?
43. ..... are specialized cells that are sensitive to stimuli and turn them into electrical impulses.
44. The part of your brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord AND is responsible for breathing and blood pressure is the
45. Which neuroglial cell forms the myelin sheath in the PNS?
46. This controls your balance and your posture
47. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain, and it controls
48. The somatic nervous system is made up of the fibers of motor neurons that supply:
49. What does the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) help to maintain?
50. What makes up the peripheral nervous system?
51. Nerve cells are also called .....
52. How many spinals nerves have the humans?
53. Sensory nerves carry messages from the brain to our body parts.True or false
54. Through which type of nerve fibers do impulses travel fastest?
55. In the reflex arc, the terminal arborizations of the connector neurons are connected with .....
56. A pineal gland that secretes melatonin and habenular nuclei
57. Lobe responsible that the motor cortex is a part of
58. How do the muscular and skeletal systems work together?
59. All of the touch receptors are located in the tissue of the ..... or the inner layer of skin.
60. Involuntary shaking of the body or any of it's parts