Nervous System Quiz 199 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which glial cell is responsible for myelinating neurons in the CNS?
2. What type of neurons carry signals from the sense organs to the brain?
3. The body system that breaks down food into tiny pieces so that the body's cells can use it for energy.
4. The job of the Glial cells is .....
5. Which of the following is the correct order of the direction of a message?
6. How does sensory receptors gather information?
7. What is another name for the medulla?
8. Which mixed nerve has sensory fibers associated with taste and motor fibers for conducting impulses for facial expressions, tear ducts, and salivary glands?
9. ..... are the lines of communication between the central nervous system, the various parts of the body, and the external environment.
10. Which system is important in an emergency?
11. This system directs the functions of all the human body systems;
12. Where do oligodendrocytes primarily operate?
13. The axon externally covered by ..... Sheath
14. How many pizzas did Kevin McCallister order?
15. Which division of the nervous system is in charge of voluntary movements like any movements involving our skeletal muscles.
16. The ..... division conducts impulses from the CNS to muscles and glands.
17. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for sensing tactile (touch) stimulation?
18. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.controls digestion and heart rate
19. Areas of rough endoplasmic reticulum concentration in the cell body
20. Receptor that determines if your blood pressure is too high
21. What division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for calming the body down so that it has the chance to digest food and conserve energy.
22. Which body system controls the body to maintain homeostasis?
23. One of the functions of the nervous system
24. Correlation, association, and learning occur in the
25. What is the primary function of microglial cells?
26. What part of your nervous system makes your heart beat faster when you in danger?
27. Substances present in the CSF are controlled by the .....
28. Where is the ganglia of the parasympathetic arm of ANS located?
29. Hemisphere that is associated with Verbal and Mathematical abilities
30. Light with the shortest wavelength appears .....
31. The action potential moves down the axon, away from the cell body. What happens when it reaches the axon terminal?
32. Which is true for PET scan?
33. It is caused by infection or damage to the brain before, during or immediately after birth.
34. The patient that sustained a spinal cord injury at the T10 level may have paralysis of the legs. This disorder is known as:
35. The responsive region at the leading edge of the growing axon
36. An action potential is caused by an influx of ..... ions into the cell.
37. A nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses.
38. Every neuron has ..... for receiving and sending messages.
39. The part of the nerve cell that receives a message.
40. What dose the Cnidarian
41. The division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord
42. The ..... connects the brain to the rest of the body.
43. Receives impulses from neurons and send them to the cell body
44. The ..... produces tears.
45. Approximately, how many muscles are in the human body?
46. What are the glial cells that produce the myelin of the CNS neurons?
47. What nerve is purely sensory and carries impulses for vision?
48. Fibrous connective tissue protective coverings of the the central nervous system are called .....
49. These are short branch like extensions that receive signals
50. Which of the following in NOT a type of neuroglia?
51. Which of the following is NOT a type of nerve cell?
52. Given the steps shown below, which of the following is the correct transmission sequence at a chemical synapse? 1. Neurotransmitter binds with receptor 2. Sodium ions rush into neuron's cytoplasm 3. Action potential depolarizes the presynaptic membrane 4. Ion channel opens to allow particular ion to enter cell 5. Synaptic vesicles release neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft
53. How do you stay healthy? Do .....
54. The nervous system has ..... parts:
55. Which of the following comprise the central nervous system
56. A bundle of axons in the peripheral nervous system
57. Which of the following is a characteristic of neurons?
58. Smooth muscle is located where?
59. The system that receives information from your environment and controls how you react to it is the .....
60. Recieves, stores and process information