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Nervous System Quiz 283 (60 MCQs)

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1. Also known as adrenaline, causes the feeling of being "revved up" or on edgeand activates a "fight or flight" reaction in the autonomic nervous system
2. This part is the main pathway between brain and peripheral nervous system
3. What type of neurons send signals from the brain to other parts of the body to create a response?
4. What part of the brain stores fearful memories?
5. What part of the nervous system is responsible for slowing down breathing and pulse after an emergency is over?
6. Taste (gustatory) area
7. What lobe is the motor cortex located in?
8. Which division of the nervous system speeds up your heart rate?
9. This tough band of connective tissue connects muscles to bones.
10. If your spinal cord is severed in the lumbar region, would you still be able to move your arms?
11. A neuron that conducts an impulse away from the CNS is called a/an
12. Which nerve system is affected by Bell's palsy?
13. Most of the cerebrospinal fluid is found in the .....
14. What is a overstretched muscle/tendon called?
15. Neurons only ever have one .....
16. Microglia are like what other cell type found in the body?
17. This protects the brain and spinal cord in a fluid cushion.
18. Emma is studying for her biology exam. She learns that the ..... part of the autonomic nervous system is active when she is resting after a long day of school.
19. The type of neuron that typically travels from the brain to muscles or glands to stimulate a response
20. Collection of nerve CELL BODIES in the PNS
21. Which part of the retina has a higher concentration of cones than rods?
22. Changes, occurring within or outside the body, that affect nervous system functioning
23. Your dog comes running when he hears his dog food being poured into a bowl. Your dog running is a .....
24. Your neurons can grow new dendrites.
25. Part of the PNS that controls conscious activities
26. Simple, automatic responses by your SPINAL CORD, such as the knee-jerk response
27. Carries messages between the body and the brain:
28. Which part of the nervous system takes care of the internal body functions such as digestion and heart rate?
29. Which among the following is not the function of sympathetic nervous system?
30. Increased feeling is
31. The 3 organs that make up the nervous system.
32. Cells used by the nervous system are clled .....
33. A delay of 0.5ms occurs in transmission across a synapse because
34. Electrical synapses provide a complex means to allow areas of the brain to work independently.
35. Neuroglia in the CNS that produce myelin sheath
36. What is the brain's largest and most complex structure?
37. Our ears detect sound through .....
38. Which scenario might happen to a person who has sustained damage to their cerebellum?
39. Literally means "strong or hard mother" :outer most layer of the meninges.
40. What is the largest part of the brain? (It controls speech, language, 5 senses, memory, thoughts, and problem solving.)
41. Connect incoming sensory pathways and outgoing motor pathways in the CNS
42. What part of the neuron receives the signal?
43. From sound stimulation the following are excited:
44. Which of the following best represents the order in which a neuron receives and transmits information?
45. Process of converting light energy to electrical energy
46. The cerebrum is divided into how many hemispheres
47. ..... is the building unit of the nervous system.
48. The ..... is filled with fluid and helps you keep your equilibrium
49. Which structure in the brain, located in the lower part of the brainstem, is primarily responsible for coordinating involuntary functions such as breathing, swallowing, and heart rate?
50. Mental disorders are reflected in physical changes in the brain.
51. Which is the largest of the glial cells?
52. What part of the brain controls breathing and heartrate?
53. What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and reflexes?
54. Which part of the Diencephalon is responsible for regulating metabolism, heart rate, blood pressure, thirst, hunger, energy level, and body temperature?
55. A dendrite conducts nerve impulses.....
56. The eye has ..... parts.
57. The concentration of ..... ions is much greater outside the cell as compared to inside the cell, whereas the concentration of ..... ions is much greater inside the cell as compared to outside the cell.
58. Which of the following is not a stimulus
59. Star-shaped glial cell. Help provide neurons with nutrients.
60. A neurohormone is also known as:
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