Nervous System Quiz 273 (60 MCQs)

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1. True or False-Woman tend to have larger brain sizes than men.
2. Organs work together to make the following.
3. When a children runs inside after hearing a car crash outside, the child is using:
4. Produces nerve impulses that are carried to the auditory nerve.
5. Most integration of the sex and food drive behaviors is accomplished through the ..... areas.
6. This neuron part sends on messages to other neurons
7. This part of the brain controls the right side of the body.
8. Impulse conduction when a nerve impulse that jumps from node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier is called
9. The substance that wraps around the axon of a neuron is called .....
10. If we did not have this type of cell, bacteria could more easily infiltrate our brain tissue:
11. Largest part of the brain that is divide into two halves.
12. Type of neuron that connects sensory and motor neurons in the CNS
13. What type of receptor requires an effector protein to initiate a signal?
14. Effector meaning:
15. Below are two statements about how neurones work:1-Neurotransmitters carry a nerve impulse along a neurone.2-An electrical charge carries a nerve impulse across a synapse.Which of these statements is/are true?
16. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to adapt and improve its efficiency.
17. Contains the tightly packed cell bodies of neurons.
18. Definition:is an insulating layer or sheath that forms around nerves, including those in the brain and spinal cord. It is made up of protein and fatty substances.
19. The membrane that surrounds a group of nerve fascicles are
20. Where are unipolar neurons typically found?
21. Human growth, thyroid stimulating, adrenocorticotropic, prolactin, leuteinizing, follicle-stimulating, and melanocyte stimulating are examples of
22. Where is the brain and the spinal cord
23. Part of the brain that coordinates body movements and balance
24. What answer best describes what makes up the CNS?
25. Tissue that forms the human nervous system:
26. The ..... is the part of your eye that gives you your eye color.
27. True or False:Bones are actually living organs.
28. It controls the movement of your muscles, and helps you to keep your balance.
29. This structure is the colored part of the eye.
30. Symptoms often consist of a triad of a stiff neck, fever, and "worst headache of (one's) life."
31. Which of the following is a condition caused by a fungus?
32. Fills spaces between meninges and bathes brain and spinal cord
33. Which neurotransmitter is released by the somatic nervous system to stimulate muscle contractions?
34. How many bones does a adult human have.
35. Insulates PNS neurons
36. Which type of cell is the most numerous in the CNS (spinal cord)?
37. Fatty layer insulating electrical impulses and increases speed of impulses going down the axon.
38. Thin filaments in a myofibril are
39. 60 Which of the following is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease? a
40. What system is microglia
41. Which part of the brain is responsible for inflating and deflating your lungs to keep you alive?
42. Involved in emotional responses like recognizing facial expressions of fear.
43. A ..... is the death of brain cells that occurs when an area of the brain is deprived of oxygen due to poor blood flow
44. The coloured part of eye is .....
45. A group of brain disorders characterized by repeated seizures over time
46. What are the current treatments for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's?
47. Neurons communicate with each other by sending electrical impulses called:
48. Planning, recalling information, and decision making are all functions of the
49. Interprets information from your senses, carries out memory and learning processes.
50. Part of the brain that is connects to the spinal cord
51. This aspect of the assessment determines the client's ability to recognizeother people (person), awareness of when and where they presentlyare (time and place), and who they, themselves, are (self ).
52. This is the control center of your body.
53. Which of the following statements about Osteoarthritis is/are true?
54. The pathway of vibrations through the ossicles from the eardrum, to the oval window is the
55. What cranial nerve connects to our nose to carry information on smells?
56. Which of the following receptors is responsible for the effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine on the sympathetic nervous system?
57. What part of the neuron picks up the nerve impulse?
58. The loss of the ability to move some or all of your body
59. Inflammation of the meninges is called
60. Which glial cell Β—produces myelin the CNS?