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Nervous System Quiz 225 (60 MCQs)

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1. Part of the motor division responsible for automatic or involuntary responses
2. Controlled by autonomic system
3. Which of the following is the final part of a reflex arc?
4. Is the heart muscle voluntary or involuntary?
5. The job of the somatic nervous system is to control breathing and the respiratory system.
6. This nervous system calms the body
7. ..... was the first physiologist to observe reflex action on dogs.
8. The surface of the membrane is
9. Which statement best describes the role of neurons of the brain?
10. Allows you to see black, white and grays
11. This part of the brain is bound by tight junctions and allows almost nothing through.
12. Vertebrates nervous system
13. Ethosuximide, divalproex sodium, zonisamide all belong to what drug classification?
14. If you experience problems with problem solving, emotional outbursts, and impulse control ..... what area of the brain is affected?
15. Which of the following shows the correct passageway of the air from the mouth to the lungs?
16. Which part of the brain is located immediately in front of the central sulcus?
17. Which part of the brain is responsible for knowledge and memory?
18. What is the definition of an impulse?
19. Division of the autonomic nervous system that prepares your body for activity, and responses like fight or flight:
20. The radial nerve comes off of the cord(s)
21. How many senses have we got?
22. What are the specialized nerve endings in the PNS called?
23. When the cell becomes permeable to sodium, the charge changes to ..... ; this is called .....
24. The central nervous system is brought down into two parts, which are:
25. When a neuron is at rest and not signaling, what is the electrical charge inside the neuron?
26. What two layers of the meninges is the CSF located between?
27. Station 3:Where are more neurons than the brain located?
28. Michael, Benjamin, and Nora are studying for a biology test. They are discussing the three (3) main parts of the nervous system. Can you help them identify these parts?
29. Neurons do not have a nucleus.
30. Atypical antipsychotics used as first-line therapy include all of the following, except:
31. Bundle of nerve fibers in the PNS
32. Which ion plays a role in the release of the neurotransmitter from the presynaptic cell to the post synaptic cell?
33. In the autonomic division, this place where neurons meet is located close to the spinal cord to ensure excitatory messages can be quickly spread through the body:
34. Where are the olfactory bulbs located?
35. Which part of the PNS controls the involuntary responses? (like regulating your heart beat or glands)
36. When is the concentration of photoreceptors in the fovea?
37. Postganglionic neurons of the sympathetic nervous system release the neurotransmitter .....
38. All of the animal groups listed below have a network of nerve cells for gathering information from the environment EXCEPT
39. Chemoreceptors give us our sense of
40. What animal(s) hunt by interpreting electrical impulses?
41. Saltatory conduction involves .....
42. Stimulus processed in the spinal cord for immediate response
43. Star Shaped Cells that brace neurons, control chemical environment of the brain, and form the barrier between capillaries and neurons
44. When an impulse reaches the end of an axon, the axon releases a .....
45. This lobe of the cerebrum is associated with visual processing.
46. What is the insulating membrane that surrounds parts of the axon that helps the impulses travel faster called?
47. The area of the brain responsible for conscious thought, intellect, memory storage and processing, controlling the movement of skeletal muscles, and sensation is the
48. The 'long stretched out' part os the neuron is called the
49. The part of the brain responsible for thought, reasoning, memory, and speech is .....
50. What separates the chest from the abdominal cavity?
51. The PNS contains the ..... neurons and the ..... of the motor neurons
52. Which type of neuron will only be found in the CNS?
53. Largest part of your brain, Controls your emotions and memory.
54. When you do not have control over something and can not decide when or how it does something, this would be considered .....
55. What is the nickname of the parasympathetic division?
56. All of the following cranial nerves carry sensory messages for taste except which one?
57. Directly relays the action potential to the next neuron.
58. The axon surrounded by fatty layer called .....
59. In resting potential, neurons have more ..... on the outside of the cell membrane.
60. What gives a myelinated axon a whitish appearance?
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