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Nervous System Quiz 219 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which 2 types of glial cells perform the same functions but in different areas of nervous system?
2. The brain is protected inside the:
3. This system is responsible for the fight or flight response:
4. This word means "bridge" in other languages
5. The two hemispheres of the brain are connected by a thich bundle of axons called the corpus callosum.
6. Chemical signals released by the organs of the endocrine system are called .....
7. True or false:the Hypothalamus is in charege of regulating the secretion of many hormones
8. Lou Gehrig's disease can also be called .....
9. Every time you lift your finger or wiggle your toes, you are using the ..... neurons of the somatic nervous system.
10. If you step on a nail$\rightarrow$ thigh muscle contract$\rightarrow$ lift your foot ..... What nerve brings impulses from the spinal cord to the thigh muscle
11. Transmitters that carry impulses from the skin and organs to the spinal cord and brain; afferent neurons
12. Receptors that are stimulated by physical forces that cause movement of fluid or by vibrations within the body are what kind of receptors?
13. Brain is compound by
14. What type of neuroglial cell attaches neurons to capillaries?
15. Nerves carry messages from the brain and the spinal cord to all parts of the body in the form of .....
16. Which part of the diencephalon relays sensory impulses to the sensory cortex and helps with memory?
17. Helps you perceive the world with your senses. It is also home to the sensory strip, which controls how we perceive touch, pain, and temperature.
18. The ..... is the basic building block of the nervous system.
19. The fluid which surrounds, protects, nourishes, and cleans the brain and spinal cord
20. Most often deals with memory
21. Neurons are cells of the nervous system that receive and transmit signals. Which part of a neuron transmits signals from the cell body to other cells?
22. The actual gap in the synapse is called the
23. What material flows thought the ventricles of the brain?
24. What do the axons do to the information
25. Most axons are covered with
26. What part of a neuron brings electrical signals towards the soma?
27. Oxygen is used by our .....
28. What is the process of bone formation from cartilage called?
29. The type of neuron that sends nerve impulses to muscles and glands, by the command of other neurons
30. Neuron fibers that conduct impulses away from the cell body
31. Where the message transfers from one neuron to another
32. The brain and the spinal cord make up which of the following divisions of the nervous system?
33. Which is the outermost layer of the Cranial Meninges?
34. What is the difference between sweat glands and Sebacous glands?💦
35. When an image hits the retina it is viewed .....
36. Coordination of movement is a key function of which part of the brain?
37. Definition:the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
38. Which mineral helps your cartilage grow and be replaced by bones?
39. What three parts is the nervous system made up of?
40. An organism's reaction to a stimulus
41. What nerve activates the muscles of facial expression and the lacrimal and salivary glands?
42. Connects cerebral hemispheres
43. The Na/K pump moves ..... Na ions ..... for every ..... K ions it moves ..... (of) the cell.
44. A neurotransmitter is:
45. When the smooth muscles around organs and other internal body parts contract & relax to move food, it is called .....
46. An insulating laye that forms around nerves made up of protein and fatty substances allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells.
47. What do axons do
48. A narrow gap that separates the synaptic neuron from the postsynaptic cell
49. Which part of the body is made up of bundles of neurons that carry impulses from all parts of the body to the brain and from the brain to all parts of the body?
50. Set of physiological changes that occurs in the body in response to stress to protect the organism
51. How can near sightedness be corrected?
52. What's the condition called when a person has no use of their legs?
53. Which of the following is not a mechanoreceptor?
54. *The thin filaments of striated muscle are made of which protein(s)?
55. The bones that protect your spinal cord are called .....
56. How many parts are included in the BRAINSTEM?
57. Stimulatory binding of NT's at a neuron-neuron chemical synapse begins the process of ..... in a post-synaptic neuron
58. A loss of hearing could be associated with which cranial nerve?
59. Would kicking a soccer ball be controlled by the somatic or autonomic nervous system?
60. The pre-processing station, it groups similar messages before relaying them in the cerebrum.
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