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Nervous System Quiz 256 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which division of the nervous system is known as the integration and control center?
2. The correct direction of the neural impulse within the neuron:
3. Which direction does the nerve impulse move from the cell body?
4. What term describes a change in the environment that an animal can detect
5. Which protein channel on the nerve cell membrane is always active?
6. If a doctor hammers your knee, you have a .....
7. What type of neuron alerts the central nervous system that you stepped on a nail?
8. Which of the following divisions control unconscious decision making such as heart beat?
9. The basic part of the nervous system is the .....
10. A sudden, involuntary response is also called a
11. The system that is made up by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
12. Rod-Shaped cells that make up the majority of the retina
13. Which of the following is a concentration of the nervous system in the head region of an animal, as opposed to a diffuse net?
14. Part of the neuron that brings signals to the cell body
15. The role of cilia is to sweep germs (hopefully into the stomach).
16. White matter consists of .....
17. Most common brain disorder, Ischemic (lack of blood) and hemorrhagic (rupture of blood vessel)
18. Glial cells that form myelin sheath in the CNS
19. People who have problems with salivation and facial movement show which part of the brain has a problem?
20. If a stimulus occurs during the refractory period, .....
21. Hands are..... and legs are.....
22. Which of the following is not part of the hemispheres in the brain?
23. Merkel Disks are what type of receptor
24. Which of the following is TRUE about the cerebrospinal fluid?
25. What is any part of the body that produces a response to stimuli?
26. How does nicotine lead to an increase in the release of dopamine in the brain?
27. A resting potential is maintained by
28. The peripheral nervous system transmits information between the ..... and the .....
29. It is active during restful periods.
30. The somatic nervous system is a division of the peripheral nervous system that manages conscious control of skeletal muscles.
31. The reestablishment of a neuron to a polarized state
32. You are touching a hot stove. Your reflexes cause your hand to move because of this type of nerve cell.
33. An epidemic is when:
34. The lipid material that forms a sheath-like covering around certain nerve axons
35. Long-term potentiation is
36. The outermost meninges layer is a thick, tough membrane called teh
37. Name the part of the ear visible from the outside?
38. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Vestibulocochlear Nerve?
39. The scan that takes x rays of every different cross section of the brain to enable doctors to precisely locate abnormalities is the
40. Sensory Neurons are also known as ..... neurons transmit stimuli to the CNS and Motor Neurons are also known as ..... neurons in response to the stimuli transmit signals from the CNS to the body allowing us to perform voluntary body movements and sometimes reflex movements.
41. Contains rod and cone cells that convert light energy into nerve impulses
42. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
43. What is the tube of nerves that runs through the backbone?
44. What type of nervous message is carried along neurons?
45. Fluid filled cavities in the brain
46. We should clean the nose by putting any object inside it.
47. Brain region that maintains balance
48. The suffix in dysphagia means:
49. This lobe is responsible for thinking, reasoning, parts of speech and movement, emotions and problem solving.
50. Microglia eliminate cell debris through phagocytosis. Satellite cells regulate nutrient and neurotransmitter levels.
51. During which step in nerve impulse transmission does the inside of the cell membrane first become positively charged?
52. The portion of the brain bridges the gap between the hemispheres of the cerebral cortex.
53. Digesting food is controlled by ..... ?
54. The ..... is responsible for receiving information from the pre synaptic neuron
55. Definition:also called the soma, is the spherical part of the neuron that contains the nucleus.
56. What is a description of a tissue
57. This motor/efferent subcategory (CNS to receptor) impulses are sent to voluntary effectors such as the skeletal muscles.
58. Schwann cells are responsible for
59. Touch receptor that consist of a mass of dendrites enclosed by a capsule of connective tissue?
60. Which type of reflex arc does not contain an interneuron and is the faster of the two
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