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Nervous System Quiz 24 (60 MCQs)

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1. This part of the brain is the largest, controls sensory information, thinking/processing, and decision making
2. What is the largest nerve in the human body?
3. Which statement about the PNS (peripheral nervous system) is incorrect
4. Neurons typically have .....
5. Condition in which blood is trapped in the tissues of the brain
6. A CHEMICAL produced by neurons that carries messages to other neurons
7. In which lobe of the brain is Broca's area located?
8. Reaction to a stimulus.
9. Action under the control of spinal cord.
10. Line the inside of ventricles and cover choroid plexuses within the ventricles
11. Defect in the shape of the eye
12. The nervous system consist of specialized cells called?
13. The afferent division of the nervous system is also known as the ..... division.
14. We use this organ to smell things.
15. The autonomic nervous system has ..... neurons between brain or spinal cord and the target
16. What two components make up the central nervous system?
17. Which part of the brain controls the heartbeat and breathing?
18. The general name for the group of chemicals that transport messages from one neuron to another.
19. Part of the brain in the region of the third ventricle that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus
20. This connects the brain and spinal cord.
21. What does the motor (efferent) division of the peripheral nervous system control?
22. Which actions are controlled by the Nervous System?
23. When you hit your funny bone you have hit
24. What system*transports nutrients to cells*transports waste away from the cells*transports disease fighting white blood cells to areas of infection
25. What part of the eye is #3 pointing to?
26. Touch receptors are classified as
27. Which external stimulus is detected by sensory receptors in the skin? What external stimulus do the skin's sensory receptors detect?
28. There are more than ..... known neurotransmitters.
29. The structure that connects the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex is the
30. What type of impulse does a neuron fire when it is stimulated?
31. A nerve ending on receptor cells that responds to a stimulus in the environment.
32. The ..... lobe of the brain is responsible for movement and balance.
33. This part of the neuron receives information from other neurons.
34. A junction between an axon and another cell is called a
35. Whitish, fatty material that covers most long nerve fibers. has a waxy appearance. they protect and insulate the fibers and increase the transmission rate of nerve impulses
36. The messages carried by the nervous system are electrical signals called .....
37. What protects the brain and spinal cord?
38. Functional nervous system division that carries information from the central nervous system toward effectors
39. Lobe responsible for receiving and interpreting vision.
40. What part of the ear actually hears sounds?
41. An inflammation of the conjunctiva involves the:
42. Branches of a neuron that collect stimuli and transport them to a cell body
43. Which cells are known as the most abundant and versatile neuroglia?
44. The cerebellum (cerebellum).....
45. A neuron has a resting potential of about ..... millivolts
46. Occipital lobe does what:
47. The hindbrain contains:
48. Constricts pupils
49. The tough, outermost membrane covering the brain and spinal cord
50. The tenth cranial nerve whose functions include slowing heart rate and taste?
51. Part of the Nervous System that regulates day-to-day involuntary responses such as digestion, defecation, and dieresis.
52. What generates a nerve impulse? (note:pre-synaptic means the neuron sending the message and post-synaptic means the neuron receiving the message)
53. Controls involuntary activities
54. Which type of nerves control muscle contractions?
55. Which system is made up of the nerves and five senses?
56. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in connective tissue sheaths, going from outermost to innermost layer:
57. As you sit quietly reading this sentence, the part of the nervous system that is most active is the-
58. How many lobes are in the brain?
59. The skeletal muscles are controlled by this part of the peripheral brainervous system.
60. Bipolar neurons are commonly .....
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