Nervous System Quiz 24 (25 MCQs)

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1. The brain acts as the body's _____

2. What is the best way for your brain to make new connections?

3. _____ send signals away from neurons whereas _____ receive signals from other neurons.

4. _____ are processes directly at the spinal chord. They are quick, automatic responses to stimuli without conscious effort.

5. Which type of neuron is found exclusively in the central nervous system.

6. Which of the following is not controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

7. Which part of the body is like a highway for sending messages?

8. Dendrites are part of a neuron that carries electrical signals _____ the cell body.

9. How can you keep the nervous system healthy?

10. Which part of the brain controls all involuntary actions?

11. Which part of the brain carries out mental processes such as learning and remembering?

12. What is the function of the nervous system?

13. What is the main control center of the body that contains the brain and spinal cord?

14. The Brain and Spinal Cord make up the

15. The transparent part of the eye that is in front is called.

16. Somatic motions are motions that we _____

17. What are neurons?

18. What is a interneuron?

19. This organ within the nervous system receives and sends messages to and from the other parts of the body.

20. The space between neurons:

21. What order of Nervous system structures are activated/involved when you touch a hot pan and immediately drop it.

22. This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic cleft for receptors on the dendrite

23. Which part of a neuron receives information?

24. What does the nervous system do?

25. This is a fatty layer that insulates the electrical impulse and increases the speed of impulses going down the axon.