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Nervous System Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. The relay center for sensory impulses is the
2. What is the outer portion of your ear called?
3. What is the function of sensory neurons?
4. Which part of the brain is responsible for coordinating movement and balance
5. The ..... nervous system comprises the nerves arising from the brain and spinal cord.
6. A nerve impulse is
7. Neurons in the brain, branch together to form 100 trillion connection points. What do scientist call this dense branching network?
8. Controls voluntary motor movements
9. Type of neurons that carry impulses towards the brain and spinal cord; each responds only to particular stimulus
10. Which structure could be damaged if an individual could not learn a new task.
11. The lobe of the brain that contains the auditory area is the
12. The nervous system consists of two parts, the brain and spinal cord make up the ..... nervous system, and the nerves throughout the body make up the ..... nervous system.
13. This type of muscle tissue has the greatest endurance.
14. Central Nervous System (CNS)
15. Anything that causes your brain to react is called an .....
16. The fatty tissue that can cover axons
17. When a neuron is NOT firing, it is said to be at its
18. What is the name of the fluid, present in between the Skull layers?
19. An infection of the meninges is .....
20. Depolarization is a..... in membrane potential
21. The cerebellum compares
22. What is a cell body
23. Which disease is usually diagnosed between the ages of 1-5 and patients typically do not survive past age 20?
24. An adult human brain weighs about
25. Chemicals released from vesicles at the axon terminal that diffuse across the synapse to carry the nerve impulse to the next cellreflex
26. What type of neuron is responsible for transmitting responses from the brain to the organs/limbs?
27. What type of glial cell secretes and circulates cerebrospinal fluid?
28. The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum has two hemispheres (or halves). The cerebrum controls voluntary movement, speech, intelligence, memory, emotion, and sensory processing.
29. The vertebral column is made up of how many bones
30. Meaning nerve root
31. Functions:From the body's organs, glands and muscles to the CNS, including information from the outside world (such as environmental temperature and sensation on the skin, via sensory neurons) and from the inside world (such as aches and pains) * From the CNS to the body's organs, glands and muscles, via motor neurons.
32. The body's ability to regulate its inner environment in response to changes in the outside environment is called .....
33. Do neurotransmitters bind to ligand-gated channels or voltage-gated channels?
34. ..... have dozens of dendrites but usually have only one axon
35. What is the function of photoreceptors in the retina?
36. Neurons that carry impulses away from the central nervous system to the muscles and glands are called .....
37. Susan was involved in a MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) 3 days ago. She received numerous lacerations and trauma to her right shoulder and neck area. Her PROM for her right shoulder is WNL, but she is unable to actively abduct it. The PT suspects possible nerve damage. What nerve might be affected?
38. The nervous system can control .....
39. What are the two major functional properties of neurons?
40. Jo experienced hallucinations, seizures, and temporary loss of consciousness. Her doctor diagnosed the condition following an EEG which showed uncontrolled electrical activity of neurons. With which disorder has Jo been diagnosed?
41. Nerve cells that sends signals or transmits nerve impulses
42. Primary purpose of the Nervous System?
43. Many axons have a fatty insulating structure called the
44. The longitudinal fissure divides the ..... into left and right hemispheres
45. Which part of your brain turns into your spinal cord?
46. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Trochlear Nerve?
47. Read the following and choose the correct neuroglia. "cushion for the CNS"
48. The area of the brain where information crosses from the left hemisphere to the right hemispheres.
49. The ..... part of the autonomic nervous system is active during resting.
50. At the neuromuscular junction, the muscle contraction initiation event is
51. The nervous system is made up of these three parts:
52. The sodium potassium pump usually pumps
53. The nervous system's supporting cells are called:
54. How intelligent you are that depends on which part of the brain?
55. What is white matter made up of?
56. Autonomic dysreflexia condition is caused by?i) Imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANSii) The sympathetic division being overactiveiii) The parasympathetic division being underactive.
57. Which layer contains accessory structures such as sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles?
58. What happens if your core body rises above 40oC?
59. Which part(s) of the NS is/are under conscious control
60. It regulates activities that are not under conscious control and has two divisions that are opposite of one another.
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