Nervous System Quiz 270 (60 MCQs)

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1. The nervous system is divided into the ..... and the ..... ; the former consists of ..... ; the latter .....
2. Using immunochemistry method, which antibodies will be used to determine neuronal cells?
3. Abnormal, localized dilation of a blood vessel in the cerebrum
4. Sensory pathways carry information to the ..... and motor pathways carry information from the .....
5. Which brain function might be directly affected by an injury to the frontal lobe? What brain function could be directly affected by an injury to the frontal lobe?
6. The nerves that go all throughout your body are part of the
7. What happens to neurotransmitters after they have been used?
8. Charge on outside of resting nerve cell
9. What two types of cells make up the brain?
10. Which two systems is the autonomic nervous system further divided into?
11. The main function of this nervous system is to incorporate the information it is getting and systematize the information so that it can queue a proper response? This system is also composed of the brain and the spinal chord.
12. A reflex is a(n) .....
13. Sensory receptors in muscles and tendons:
14. Lipid portion that covers and protects the axon
15. Which of the following organs does not belong to the Nervous System?
16. Neurons carry nerve impulses from one part of the body to another.
17. What does the lens help in
18. Axons carry impulses towards the cell body of the neuron and dendrites carry impulses away from the cell body of the neuron.
19. Which area of the brain controls vital bodily functions such as heartbeat, respiration, body temperature, & digestion?(Sousa, 2017, p.18)
20. Unmyelinated nerve fibers and cell bodies are called
21. Made of a fatty substance that insulates and prevents the electrical current from leaving the axon
22. What category of neuron make up 99% of neurons in the body?
23. Eye movement is brought about by all of these except .....
24. One of the purposes of the Nervous System is to be an instrument of communication between different parts of the body.
25. Collections of neuron cell bodies that are found outside the CNS.
26. Passes signals to the brain
27. Acts as the body's control center and coordinates the body's activities.
28. What is the correct term for the muscles and glands that bring about responses in the body?
29. Which type of neuron sends signals to our muscles to move the body?
30. It refers to the closeness in numbers of each species in an area.
31. What helps you maintain balance?
32. The ..... forms shallow grooves
33. True or False. The majority of concussions heal on their own.
34. How many layers does the meninges consist of?
35. True or False:Your body could survive without the nervous system
36. Without looking at your notes, did you catch the word or "memory hook" to help you remember that the Autonomic Nervous System is involuntary?
37. Three parts of ear includes
38. Part of the brain that occupies the upper part of the cranial cavity and provides higher mental functions
39. A sudden change in the polarity of the membrane of a neuron, gland cell, or muscle fiber that causes the transmission of electrical impulses
40. The part of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body; range in length from a millimeter to several feet
41. The outermost of the three meninges
42. Brain is situated in
43. All chickens that we have seen have been brown; so, all chickens are brown.
44. Which of the following diseases is characterized by demyelination of the nervous system?
45. Which type of neuron function is describe:detects changes
46. A bundle of nerve fibers that carries an impulse (message) through the body.
47. What separates the two hemispheres of the brain?
48. Meissner's Corpusles are what type of receptor
49. Which is not a lobe of the brain?
50. How many cranial nerves are there?
51. What part of the eye is a clear protective structure that allows light to enter the eye?
52. ..... are nerve cells.
53. The fatty material that insulates the axons of many neurons is called .....
54. Which cells are involved in forming myelin in the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
55. The ..... is the message center of the brain.
56. "modulator" of the different orders of the CNS
57. Receptor senses a.....
58. What might be a job of a motor neuron?
59. Also known as the "rest and digest" system
60. Peripheral nervous system of human as ..... pairs of spinal nerves.