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Nervous System Quiz 22 (60 MCQs)

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1. Nerve cells pass signals from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands
2. What is a reflex?
3. Component of blood that is part of our immune system and destroy pathogens in our body
4. The basic unit of structure and function in the nervous system is a nerve cell. Nerve cells are also called-
5. Nerve cells are also known as
6. What does 'integration' refer to in the nervous system's functions?
7. Which part of the brain stem is responsible for breathing, heart rate, swallowing, and digestion
8. Connects the two sides of the brain
9. The name for the chemical messengers in the nervous system are (a)
10. Cerebral palsy is caused by lesions on, or damage to, the:
11. Receives neurotransmitters/impulses from other neurons?
12. All of the following are general senses EXCEPT
13. Which type of bone tissue is the outer part of the bone?
14. The brain and the spinal cord are separated by the twelve cranial nerves.
15. Cerebral palsy affects neurons where in the body?
16. What is the digestive system?
17. What are two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?
18. This neuroglia acts as protective and cushioning cells around the PNS
19. Which structure is the link between the brain and the endocrine system (hormone production)
20. Which sense organ contains light receptors?
21. If the cell stayed at a charge beneath resting membrane potential, -70mV, then .....
22. Which of the following body systems are controlled by the nervous system?
23. A viral disorder that is rare in the U.S., and has almost been eradicated, that causes paralysis:
24. Single nerve fiber covered by the myelin sheath that carries impulses away from the cell.
25. The spaces between myelin on an axon are called
26. Rest and digest?
27. The parietal lobe controls
28. Brain to muscles?
29. What is function temporal lobe of brain?
30. The nerve cell consists of
31. What does the Parietal Lobe control?
32. Stimulus is like the "cause" and response is like .....
33. Which brain function is the pons involved with?
34. Which system is voluntary
35. What is the gap that separates the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron called?
36. The nucleus is found in the dendrite.
37. Produce the fatty, white substance that is wrapped around the axon of a neuron.
38. Action Potential:The interior of the cell becomes less negative due to an influx of sodium ions.
39. Which region of the brain regulates balance?
40. A usually long and single nerve-cell process that usually conducts impulses away from the cell body
41. Which of the following is an external stimulus?
42. Controls movement of voluntary skeletal muscles, carry on high level intellectual processing
43. This type of stroke occurs more often in older people, occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is blocked.
44. Found in the heart
45. The difference between a three and two neuron reflex is that a three neuron reflex
46. How many things at once can short term memory store?
47. You would describe someone as having eyes with a beautiful deep brown .....
48. A change in the external environment that initiates an impulse is known as a
49. What is the primary function of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS)?
50. What neuron structure protects the impulse from breaking down and allows it to speed up?
51. What two things are found in the central nervous system?
52. Which part of the brain helps us to think remember and learn
53. Take in sensory information about what you hear, see, taste, touch and smell
54. What is our skeleton made up of?
55. Which nervous system disease is associated with uncontrolled shaking, shuffled gait, and problems with speaking?
56. A substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies .....
57. Which neuron carriers stimuli from the sensory to the motor neuron?
58. What part of the neuron receives signals?
59. What does nervous system consist of
60. Which group of mammals are experts at using sound echoes to gain information about the world?
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