Nervous System Quiz 281 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a characteristic of axons in motor neurons?
2. Regulates voluntary activities.
3. Interpreting what is being heard is done through this lobe:
4. What happens when you exhale?
5. Made up of myosin filaments and contains ATPase.
6. What is the name of the structure that connects the two hemispheres?
7. The part of the brain that plays an important role in motor control is the .....
8. A neuron transfers information in the form of an electrical impulse.
9. Which Cranial Nerve is mixed to thorax and abdoment?
10. ..... refers to the sense of taste.
11. Signals within neurons are transmitted .....
12. The ..... nervous system prepares our body for action (fight-flight-freeze), where as the ..... nervous system helps calm our body down and maintain homeostasis (normal bodily functioning)
13. The plexus that supplies nerves to the legs
14. Satellite cells are similar in function to oligodendrocytes (T/F)?
15. Moving your hand away from a hot surface
16. What neurotransmitter is released at the neuromuscular junction?
17. Ability to see nearby objects clearly but not distant objects
18. Where does HEARING (interpreting the nerve impulses) take place?
19. The part of a neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body this is called .....
20. The axon of a neuron .....
21. Autonomic nerve fiber on the proximal side of a ganglion
22. Slows the heart rate
23. The function of this structure is to insulate the axon of the neuron, to ensure messages are fast!
24. Which nervous system contains sensory and motor neurons that carry information between the central nervous system and the rest of the body?
25. A receptor that responds to mechanical pressure it's called .....
26. The lobe that processes what I see is the
27. Which division of our ANS is responsible dilating our pupils?
28. Which ailment of the Nervous System have symptoms that are muscle pain, difficulty breathing and swallowing. One leg or arm may become weaker. We can be protected from this ailment through vaccination
29. What are the fibres that hold two bones together at a joint called?
30. When suspecting a concussion, athletes should
31. The scientific study of the structure, function, and pathology of the nervous system is called .....
32. Separates frontal and parietal lobes
33. Inflammation of the linings of the brain and spinal cord *Tests:blood cultures, x-rays, LUMBAR PUNCTURE *Symptoms:Severe headache, Stiff neck, Nausea/Vomiting
34. Interprets signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory and memory to help with Spatial awareness
35. True or False:The autonomic nervous system controls actions such as using a fork?
36. The ..... nervous system is a consciously controlled part of the peripheral nervous system.
37. Cells that make up nerve tissue
38. The ..... separates the two sides of our brain.
39. When you see the word "table", your mind immediately pictures a four-legged furniture information coming from a memory bank in the VISUAL speech AREA of the brain. Then, the information is linked to an image associated with the word will have MEANING. If you instead hear the word "table", the information comes from the memory bank in the AUDITORY speech AREA.
40. How can you keep your muscles healthy?
41. Which neurotransmitter is commonly referred to as "adrenaline" ?
42. Peripheral nerves including the twelve cranial nerves ..... mostly the sense organs.
43. When mulitple inputs come together at a single postsynaptic neuron, this is known as a ..... circuit
44. This part of the eye has color and opens and closes. What is it?
45. It is true there are 3 big initial divisions in nervous system?
46. The central nervous system is composed of which of the following?
47. Touching a hot stovetop causes me to immediately move my hand back. Now, I will be more aware of stovetops because I remember how bad it hurt. This story shows an example of a(n) .....
48. What kind of skeletons does the following animals have:Birds, snakes, frog and fish.
49. What are the layers of membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord known as?
50. The volume of a sound is measured in units called .....
51. You feel hungry so you eat some food.
52. The threadlike extension of a neuron that carries information to other cells
53. Which nervous system carries out the following scenario:Ignoring the sound of an engine while driving.
54. Neurons in which the dendrite and axon are continuous and the soma lies off to one side are called
55. The vision receptors are located on this structure in the eye: ..... and are primarily grouped as follows: .....
56. The ..... is the area on the retina that produces the clearest vision.
57. The layer of skin that contains special structures like glands and nerves is the .....
58. The part of a neuron that receives incoming signals from other neurons is the:
59. The junction between two nerve cells is called a
60. True or False:A multipolar neuron has one dendrite and several axons.