Nervous System Quiz 217 (60 MCQs)

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1. The nervous system of cnidarians helps to control the expansion and contraction of the gastrovascular cavity
2. Produces aqueous humor
3. The two cerebral hemispheres are the largest part of the brain. ( )
4. Raise your eyebrows
5. The system that is responsible for communication and control is .....
6. Raising your hand in class is an example of using a ..... neuron.
7. Which of the following is the largest part of the brain?
8. How are neuromodulators different to neurotransmitters?
9. Another name for a nerve cell is a:
10. White matters refers to myelinated fibers in the:
11. The motor nerves help carry orders from the brain to the muscles or certain parts of the body.
12. The myelinated axons; quicker moving signal
13. Why is the overall charge of the matrix outside a neuron positive in a resting neuron?
14. Which of these form the peripheral nervous system?
15. The cerebrum is .....
16. What neurotransmitter is responsible for communicating with a muscle at the neuromuscular junction?
17. Neurons that have a short single process leaving the cell body
18. To bounce or sound
19. Brain contains four lined cavities; lays deep within the brain called?
20. The membrane that surrounds a fasicle of nerve fibers is called the
21. When you accidentally touch a hot object, you quickly move your hand away from the object. Which branch of the nervous system takes over?
22. Lipid (fat) covering that increases the rate of transmission and insulates the axon of a neuron:
23. When a neuron is resting, the inside of the axon has a ..... charge in relation to .....
24. Which part of Nervous System that has a role to fear processing
25. Brain area that receives smell impulses
26. Which type of joint is found at your shoulder and hip and allows for the greatest range of motion?
27. The biggest sense organ in our body is
28. Symptoms include:Tremor and Shuffling gait
29. Bones are attached to the muscles by tendons.
30. The locomotor system .....
31. It coordinates voluntary movements such as posture, balance, coordination, and speech, resulting in smooth and balanced muscular activity.
32. There are two types of neurons, afferent and efferent.
33. Receptor cells in the skin allow us to .....
34. This is the bottom part of the Diencephalon.
35. Which types of muscle tissue are voluntary?
36. What food group has the most calcium to help our bones?
37. When a neuron is not conducting a nerve impulse or is at rest its membrane potential is negative about-70 mV
38. This region/part of the brain coordinates movement and is where various features of motor learning take place? (i.e. balance, coordination, speech, posture, and muscle or implicit memory)
39. What structure in the tongue holds the taste buds
40. The nerve cell that connects the sensory and motor neurons are called the .....
41. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.is used for writing, talking, and other voluntary movements
42. The outer layer of Schwann cells containing only nucleus and cytoplasm is called the:
43. Action that occur immediately without conscious control or prior thought
44. Which of the following structure at a synapse has the neurotransmitter?
45. What are glial cells?
46. The brainstem is comprised of all the following EXCEPT
47. Why is the speed of an impulse increased if a neurone is wrapped in myelin?
48. The part of the neuron that receives nerve impulses.
49. Portions of the brain that have been associated with primitive emotions such as fear include the hippocampus and amygdala. Together they form the major components of:
50. The type of impulse conduction in myelinated fibers is called .....
51. The largest region of the brain is
52. An action potential will occur if threshold is reached, which is-55 to-60 mV.
53. The gap between neuron is called
54. According to function a sensory neuron would
55. What type of glial cells support nerves in the central nervous system
56. Starting with cells, the fourth level of organization is .....
57. The four lobes of the brain make up the:
58. Eye condition is an infection of the eyelid and cornea, commonly called pink eye.
59. What is sensory Nerve
60. The impulse of a neuron