Nervous System Quiz 216 (60 MCQs)

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1. Meningitis refers to:
2. The part of the brain that is responsible for logic and learning is .....
3. The layer of the eye that is interfaced with blood vessels to nourish the eye is the?
4. Which lobe is known for "higher-cognitive functions" like problem solving and decision making?
5. A chemical substance that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse
6. Where are neuroglial cells found?
7. What is the function of the sensory division of the peripheral nervous system?
8. They stimulate the activity of the intestines.
9. The brain and spinal cord are protected by membranes called:
10. Transform back into a nerve impulse, it's ready to be passed onto the next .....
11. A graded potential is to local depolarization as an action potential is to a nerve impulse.
12. Connects bone to bone
13. A train travels 25 km in.5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
14. Neuroglial cells that produce a myelin sheath around axons of the Central Nervous System are
15. Controls involuntary actions under normal conditions.
16. Part of the nervous system made up of the brain and spinal cord
17. The function of the nervous system can best be described as
18. Which comes last in the nervous system .....
19. Carries a message from a neuron in the ear
20. If you do not study, you will get less marks. Getting less marks is a .....
21. Connective tissue sheath that surrounds muscle fibers.
22. What is the result of voltage-gated K+ channels opening and K+ leaving the cell?
23. Which of the following is the conducting region of the neuron? (a)
24. A fatty sheath insulates the neuron's axon and increases impulse speed.
25. ..... is the part of the brain that coordinates muscular activity.
26. What is the body system that sends and receives electrical signals from the brain?
27. The three layers of the spinal cord are called what is the three layers covering the spinal cord
28. Involuntary control of body movements
29. Which system controls involuntary responses?
30. What does the image show?
31. Wake up to urine at nite
32. Is the center of our thinking. It's where our language functions and memory are located.
33. Controls involuntary bodily functions (not consciously controlled), such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.
34. Peripheral Nervous system comprises what?
35. The nervous system's main objective is to
36. Plants can detect gravity and respond to it. How do the roots respond to gravity?
37. Which is not a disorder of the central Nervous system
38. Benjamin was studying the human nervous system and learned that the Peripheral Nervous System is divided into the Somatic System and the Autonomic System. Is this statement true?
39. This is when the nervous system uses its sensory receptors to monitor the changes occurring both inside and outside the body.
40. A supporting cell of the CNS that attach to blood vessels.
41. The spinal cord is made of 2 types of tissues:
42. The other end of the neuron away from the nucleus is called?
43. Station 4:What protects the spinal cord?
44. The neurons life support
45. In the PNS-make myelin sheath
46. What is the primary function of the nervous system?
47. Function:Integration
48. These nerves carry impulses to and from the spinal cord
49. The eye membrane which prevents reflection of light within the eye by absorbing it is called .....
50. This is the part of the retina that receives input for black and white vision. It does not require bright light.
51. Where can you find neurons?
52. This carries the impulse from the cell body and is covered in a myelin sheath
53. Detecting the flavour of a cake is an action directed by .....
54. The stem-like part of the base of the brain connected to the spinal cord; controls the flow of messages between the brain and the rest of the body, breathing, swallowing, heart rate, blood pressure, and consciousness.
55. The ..... is the upper part of the brain.
56. ..... is like a bulb below the cerebellum
57. Regulates behavior, maintain homeostasis, control sensory an motor functionsMemory and FunctionSpinal cord, brain
58. Which part of the neuron carries action potentials to other nerves and muscles?
59. With the help of the figure above, what vein collects deoxygenated blood coming from the head and neck region of the body?
60. What part of the brain controls logic and planning?