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Nervous System Quiz 258 (60 MCQs)

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1. This part of the brain controls heart rate and breathing.
2. Where does oxygen initially enter into the body?
3. What is the role of the somatic nervous system in the body?
4. The ..... is the largest nerve in the body and is protected by the vertabrae.
5. Which type of neuron one axon and one dendrite leaving the cell body?
6. Chambers through which blood leaves the heart
7. The brain is enclosed in two protective membranes called meninges.
8. Which part of the brain stimulates the secretion of saliva to digest food in the mouth? (General subject 58)
9. What area is typically the most sensitive?
10. Narc/o in narcoplepsy means .....
11. The part of the neuron that conducts impulses away from its cell body is called:
12. Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of .....
13. What is the function of microglia glial cells in the nervous system?
14. You are learning something new this year based on something you learned in a previous class last year. This causes you to remember, apply, and solve new problems using analysis and logic. You are using this part of your brain.
15. The gaps in the myelin sheath are
16. Visual processing unit
17. What is an automatic response that occurs very rapidly and without conscious control? They help to protect your body, such as blinking your eyelids in response to something.
18. How do messages travel along a neuron?
19. Each nerve cell has a CELL BODY. On one side of the cell body are short and slender fibers called DENDRITES that receive messages and carry them to the cell body. From the cell body, the messages travel down to the AXON which transmits the messages away from the cell body to the next neuron. Some axons are about three feet long while others are very short.
20. Vertebral column has how many rings?
21. Support, insulate, and protect
22. This anticonvulsant is related to sulfas, and should be avoided in those with sulfa allergies.
23. The function of the epidermis is to
24. Part of the nervous system that is located in the skull and controls most functions in the body
25. The area of the brain that interprets visual stimuli is found in the
26. In an emergency, the sympathetic nervous system causes which of the following to happen?
27. What is the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron called?
28. Helps regulate body temperature, certain metabolic processes and other autonomic activities.
29. Combining form that means meninges
30. ..... are fast-moving electrical messages that travel along nerve cells.
31. Which of the following is the main organ of the Nervous System?
32. It controls the right side of the body. It is in charge of logic, science and math.
33. The region connecting the brain to the spinal cord, responsible for basic life functions like breathing and heartbeat
34. There are 5 pairs of ..... nerves.
35. Part of the brain used to make your heart beat.
36. Which imaging system is suitable to detect hemorrhagic stroke in the brain?
37. Which lobe of the brain is in charge of the higher executive functions (self-control)?
38. Facial sensation, Tongue sensation, Open/close jaw
39. What is the difference between a reflex and a normal response?
40. Which faculty was not associated with phrenology?
41. *BONUS* There are over ..... different kinds of nerve cells in the average body. (Think hard and don't yell at me if you get it wrong because it makes sense and its a trick question)
42. Tyler pulled his arm and hand away from a hot light bulb. Which list below correctly traces the path of the nerve impulse?
43. Simplest response to a stimulus
44. Which neurons send the stimulus to the effector muscle?
45. The part of the ear that vibrates when sound strikes it is the?
46. Saltatory conduction of a nerve impulse occurs only along myelinated axons.
47. Which side of the synapse contains ligand-gated ion channels?
48. What is increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms?
49. What does the root word noci-mean?
50. An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus.
51. The Eustachian tube connects the
52. What nerves link the body to the CNS?
53. Where do ependymal cells typically reside?
54. What region of a neuron contains the nucleus?
55. Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. This damage interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other.
56. An adult brain weighs about 3 pounds
57. What do we call the "information" or the "messages" being transmitted in our nervous system?
58. Why is it important to have a doctor prescribe needed medications?
59. Has branches that allow information to pass to other cells
60. Afferent pathways carry impulses from the appendicular skeleton to the brain. Which of the following would be considered the start of an afferent pathway?
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