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Nervous System Quiz 214 (60 MCQs)

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1. This is at the end of a bone, cushions/tough
2. Photoreceptor that is extremely sensitive to all colors of light, but does not distinguish different colors
3. What are the two types of stimuli?
4. I. Control voluntary movementsII. Coordinate higher level thinking skills The above functions refers to
5. You put your hand on a hot stove and pull it back by reflex. Which of the following is NOT included in this process?
6. In most cases, adrenergic fibers release neurotransmitters that cause body processes to
7. How many sodium ions leave the cell with one movement of the sodium potassium pump?
8. The limbic system is located in the ..... of the brain and helps with mood and .....
9. The spinal cord extends from T1 to L1.
10. What type of glial cell is the resident macrophage behind the blood-brain barrier?
11. The number of cranial nerves in a mammal including man is
12. You can test this nerve by asking the patient to crease their forehead
13. What functions is the temporal lobe responsible for?
14. The muscles you cannot control are called .....
15. What nervous system ailment destroys the motor neurons in the gray matter of the spinal cord and the brain which affects the muscles of the limbs and the muscles controlling breathing and swallowing?
16. This is a function of the cerebrum that has to do with impulses associated with seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
17. The visual sensory information is received in the brain in
18. Which division of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for action in an emergency?
19. The part of the nervous system that contains cells that carry information from the central nervous system is .....
20. The lowest part of the brain.
21. Balance, coordination and voluntary muscle control
22. What is the difference between the walls of the blood vessels and the blood-brain barrier?
23. What happens to a dendrite or axon if it is cut?
24. What does the Auditory canal do?
25. NERVOUS SYSTEM PARTS
26. Which part of the brain is responsible for the recognition and formation of language?
27. Muscles can only ..... they cannot .....
28. Responsible for hearing
29. The gaps between Schwann cells
30. What lobe contains the primary visual cortex?
31. This is a function of the cerebrum that has to do with higher mental functions. Ex. personality, Intelligence, consequences of behavior, etc.
32. Reflexes involve receptors sending messages to the .....
33. The junction between communicating neurons
34. A transparent, biconvex structure in the eye that, along with the cornea, helps to refract light to be focused on the retina. This part of the eye focuses light/images onto the retina.
35. Material surrounding number 4
36. The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells
37. Which of the following is responsible for regulating activities that are under our conscious control?
38. What part of your nervous system relays information frmo thermoreceptors, photoreceptors, ect?
39. Age related changes to the brain include all of the following EXCEPT .....
40. The part of the nervous system which consists of the brain and spinal chord
41. This fissure separates the left and right hemispheres.
42. It controls movement, emotion, judgment, and self-control.
43. It recognize the message and produces the signal that will travel to the next neuron.
44. This disease is the result of a gradual shrinking of the neurons in the cerebrum producing such symptoms and memory loss and inability to function on your own.
45. What is the largest area of the brain?
46. What is a mass of billions of nerve cells located in the head which is protected by the skull and meninges (three layers of tissues that weighs about 1.25 kg and has a whitish-pink appearance with a wrinkled surface?
47. Autonomic NS- "fight or flight"
48. The raised areas on the surface of the cerebrum are called
49. Which is the function for cerebellum
50. The main passageway for messages from all parts of body is the .....
51. Which type of nerve cells carry information from the brain to the rest of the body?
52. What is the difference between the white matter and grey matter in your spinal cord?
53. As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does its potential and kinetic energy change?
54. What type of neurons carry impulses from the CNS to effectors?
55. The ..... is the plasma membrane of a muscle cell and it is specialized for generating action potentials
56. Voluntary activities, largest, intelligences, learning, judgement
57. What is the function of the CN IV?
58. The cerebrum is located at?
59. Trauma to the brain that can cause swelling
60. Nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to rest of body.
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