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Nervous System Quiz 297 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does homeostasis mean?
2. The colored part of the eye is
3. The gateway to memory.
4. What happens to the heart rate and stroke volume in the sympathetic system?
5. Each hemisphere (half) of the brain has specific functions, but both sides of the brain must communicate and work together.
6. Which type of neuron connects the other types of neurons?
7. The function of a neuron is dependent on .....
8. The fluid that protects and cushions the brain is called
9. This nerve has sensory fibers going to the scalp and upper lip
10. Every neuron has a .....
11. What major part of the brain is also called the brain stem which is found at the base of the brain that connects the brain and the spinal cord? It controls the basic life functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and digestion and takes care of reflex actions which are involuntary actions that protects the body such as blinking, coughing, and knee jerk reactions.
12. Where is the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
13. The sodium-potassium pump is involved in establishing the resting membrane potential.
14. Long term potentiation is a form of neural plasticity that .....
15. In what form does a nerve impulse travel from neuron to another
16. The heart accelerates
17. Nerves that cause muscles to move are .....
18. ..... is the part of the brain responsible for reasoning, and use of the senses.
19. Which sense is responsible for detecting smell?
20. Which is the correct order of events in depolarisation then repolarisation?
21. Salivary glands are an example of .....
22. The hypothalamus is not responsible for which of the following
23. Which disease typically is diagnosed when an adult complains of muscle weakness and cramping in the hands and is diagnosed in 30-60 year olds?
24. This part of the diencephalons is the main relay station for sensory impulses and cognition
25. Larger lung with 3 lobes
26. Which of the following is made up of the vertebrae?
27. Depolarization and repolarization along an axon
28. Which part of the nervous system controls the body functions, like breathing or heart rate?
29. Motor neurons.....
30. Helps with colorful and 20/20 vision
31. The part of the nervous system that controls most of the bodies functions
32. Efferent neurons convey information to the muscles and glands and carry impulses away from the CNS.
33. The cerebellum is the potion of the brain located in the back of the head between the cerebrum and the brain stem. It controls your .....
34. Branch of the PNS that carries signals to internal organs, smooth and cardiac muscles, and glands
35. These cells circulate CFS around the brain and spinal cord.
36. The final section of the large intestine which eliminates waste material from the body.
37. A(n) ..... is anything in our environment that causes us to react (like jumping, blinking, fight/flight response).
38. Name a pair of muscles that work together.
39. The absolute refractory is associated with the opening of the Na+ channels until they begin to reset to their original resting state
40. How many lobes are there in the human brain?
41. Which nerve cells detect conditions in the body's environment?
42. Somatic reflexes involve stimulation of the heart.
43. What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis" ?
44. This portion of the cerebral cortex has sensory processing centers that can be mapped to different regions of the body, essentially head to toe.
45. The Nervous Systems largest organ.
46. Brain tumor shares common causes with .....
47. The 3 main parts of Nervous system are-Brain, Spinal cord and .....
48. Contains the nucleus and other parts of the cell
49. An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
50. Cerebral spinal fluid flows between
51. A(n) ..... carries nerve impulses from the cell body to other neurons and muscles.
52. A function of this system is to remove excretory waste through sweat.
53. What is an alternative name for the hindbrain?
54. When the doctors taps below your knee to check your reflexes, he is checking what type of reflex?
55. Combining form that means to bruise
56. Motor branch of a spinal nerve by which it connects with the spinal cord
57. Which of the following would be considered part of the peripheral nervous system
58. An organ that serves as the center of the nervous system.
59. Identify F, the white of the eye
60. Disease caused by an inflammation of the meninges caused by bacteria or virus and spreads into the nerve tissue of the Central Nervous System.
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