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Nervous System Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. What do you call the smaller tubes that branch out from the bronchi?
2. Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another 'target' neuron.
3. This is the largest part of the human brain.
4. Sally has a brain injury. She knows what she wants to say but can't vocalize the words. The part of her brain that is damaged is the
5. Which of the following correctly identifies the pathway of an impulse down a neuron?
6. Hearing and balance
7. The brain is the main organ in the ..... system
8. Neurons carry electrical signals called ..... from one part of the body to another.
9. The efferent division of the PNS is involved with .....
10. What part of the nerve cell receives neurotransmitters?
11. Which is not a function of the skeletal system?
12. What is the function of the Myelin coating in the neuron's axon?
13. The part of the brain that controls your heartbeat and breathing?
14. ..... are the chemicals that act as messengers in the endocrine system of the body.
15. Which nerve carries impulses from light, taste, sound, and pain from the body to the brain?
16. This is the outermost layer of the cerebrum
17. What receptor helps us identify changes in smell and taste?
18. THE GAP BETWEEN NEURONS
19. Special type of rough ER:
20. By definition, a nerve consists of .....
21. Which is more numerous in the nervous system?
22. Nerves in the CNS will heal.
23. A disease in which cells in the central part of the retina degenerate.
24. Numbers 4, 5, 6, 9, & 11 make up what part of the ear?
25. Which part of the skeletal system is involved in protecting the nervous system?
26. What is released into the space between neurons at the end of the axon?
27. Pleasure neurotransmitter
28. When signals are sent through a resting neuron, what happens next?
29. What part of the brain regulates breathing?
30. What color do unmyelinated axons appear?
31. Tissue that works together to perform a function
32. What is the path for impulses from the primary motor area to the muscles?
33. The sodium-potassium pump moves ..... to help maintain resting potential.
34. Once ACh binds to receptor cells on the sarcolemma, what takes place?
35. What is the purpose of myelin sheath on an axon?
36. Responsible for thinking and creating
37. Small grain-shaped organelles that produce proteins for the cell
38. Loss of muscle coordination results from damage to the .....
39. The nerve impulse is an electrical current that travels along dendrites or axons.
40. ..... is the sensory motor nerve that with its branches, supplies the thumb side of the arm and back of the hand.
41. In the event of a reflex response, the message for the response originates from
42. All systems of the human body are made of:
43. A thick column of nervous tissue that links the brain to the peripheral nervous system.
44. True or False. The sensory division of the PNS carries messages toward the brain.
45. The most evolutionary advanced portion of the brain is the
46. The time between the completion of the action potential and repolarization in a neuron.
47. The main cells of the nervous system that use electrical signals to send messages through the body are called
48. Movements that you cannot control?
49. What is the biggest part of your brain called?
50. Valleys/indentations on the brain
51. What are the two types of nerves in the peripheral nervous system?
52. The spinal cord has how many pairs of nerves that extend from it
53. Which connective tissue contains a gel-like matrix and is found in the nose, ear, and at the end of bones.
54. Which part of the brain controls a person's ability to smell and taste?
55. How do messenger molecules express information in the form of
56. In charge of distance, size and shape
57. The Frontal Lobe is Responsible For Cognitive Function.
58. Climate change affects agriculture through changes in .....
59. Which lobe is responsible for personality, speech, movement?
60. This is involved in the transport of substances within the neuron.
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