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Nervous System Quiz 240 (60 MCQs)

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1. A young man was referred to a neurosurgeon after his frequent bouts of aggression could not be controlled. Diagnostic tests found an inoperable tumor in which location?
2. The retina of the eye has two types of light-sensitive cells called rods and cones. Which one affects how you interpret color?
3. How many lobes are in your brain?
4. What structure controls walking in straight line, riding a bicycle, picking up a pencil, etc.?
5. The brain cells and nerve cells are called?
6. Neuroglial cells help the neurons to function better, cells that produce myelin sheath along the axons (to send faster messages) are called
7. The gap between two neurones is called:
8. What part of the brain stem functions as the message headquarters for many other parts of the brain? It also has many essential cranial nerves that stem from it in order to accomplish this function.
9. It refers to the control center of the body.
10. Which of the following is not involved in creating the resting potential of a neuron?
11. The Accessory cranial nerve's function is to .....
12. The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls involuntary actions like heartbeat
13. Information we receive though the sensory organs .....
14. This section of the brain is responsible for conscious activities
15. Which one coordinates the inner organs?
16. Ligaments are a connective tissue that connects .....
17. What is the healthiest way to release dopamine?
18. Chemosensory receptors respond to .....
19. "Rest and digest" response is controlled by the
20. Cranial nerve III is .....
21. What can you infer about autonomic nervous system?
22. What is the function of marrow?
23. This type of muscle tissue is attached to bones wand helps control voluntary movement
24. Any change or signal that causes a reaction
25. Which part of the brain helps coordinate automatic functions, such as respiration?
26. The two largest divisions of the nervous system are the
27. Hearing and smell can be attributed to which part of of the brain?
28. Any organism that causes disease like a virus or bacteria is called:
29. Neurons that send signals from the brain to glands and muscles
30. Controls vision/sight.
31. The part of the brain associated with Decision Making and Social Judgments
32. Which event in nerve impulse is when a stimulus deploarizes the membrane, allows sodium to flow inside membrane, and the ion exchange creates action potential
33. Connects the amygdala to the frontal lobe; allows us to make better decisions when the amygdala is activated
34. This part of the nervous system is responsible for voluntary activities.
35. When in Fight or Flight mode, increased respiration is controlled by the;
36. The control center of the nervous system is found here
37. A junction between two nerve cells
38. Gustatory is to taste, as olfaction is to .....
39. The thalamus is responsible for which of the following functions?
40. The substances that are released at axonal endings to propagate a nerve impulse is called
41. Which function does a neuron perform in a human body?
42. Behaviors like blinking, breathing, and blood pressure are all controlled by the ..... nervous system.
43. Which of the following divisions of the nervous system controls voluntary behaviors?
44. Which division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movements?
45. A part of the spinal cord filled with cerebrospinal fluid
46. Ms. Young feels deep pressure during a tooth extraction. Which type of sensory receptor detects this sensation?
47. Which of the following conditions is strongly related to the CNS?
48. To get information from your senses, what system do you use?
49. The system that directly controls the gastrointestinal system.
50. When synaptic vesicles fuse to the neural membrane at the synaptic end bulb, what is released into the synaptic cleft between the preganglionic and postganglionic neurons?
51. The axon of a neuron can be up to ..... in length.
52. What happens at the peak of the action potential?
53. Hydra and jellyfish nervous system
54. These store and release neurotransmitters into the synapse
55. Which part of the eye is the outer white part of the eye?
56. A rapid, predictable, involuntary response to a stimulus that protects the body
57. Carries messages to and from the brain
58. What is the fluid that transports compounds throughout the body?
59. When impulses reach the axon terminal, where is it transmitted next?
60. Activation of which part of the nervous system results in active digestion?
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