Nervous System Quiz 313 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the cerebral lobes is the Visual processing center
2. The signals sent along a single neuron are
3. At which level is the lumbar puncture need being inserted for spinal tap procedure?
4. The two divisions of the nervous system are the ..... nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.
5. Most people only get chickenpox once because .....
6. Which part of the brain helps you to think?
7. What protects the brain inside the skull?
8. THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM is apart of the peripheral nervous system.
9. After passing through the nostrils/nares, air then enters the .....
10. The frontal lobe governs voluntary movements, memory, emotion, social judgement, decision-making, reasoning, and aggression; is also the site for certain aspects of one's personality.
11. Feels clumsiness
12. Site for processing of vision, hearing, memory, speech, intelligence and thought is
13. What would be the receptor in this case, for a blind person?
14. Antibacterial substance in tears
15. Which of these is an example of conditioned or acquired reflexes?
16. When the nerve impulse has passed, the neuron returns to its original state. This is called .....
17. Signals enter a neuron through small extensions. A neuron usually has many of these small extensions, known as .....
18. The long slender pole connecting the neuron to the axon terminal is?
19. Speeds up nerve impulse
20. The myelin sheath ..... an impulse as it travels along the axon.
21. Identify parts of the EYE (colored portion)
22. (bubble itself) releases from axon terminal, carries neurotransmitter
23. Which nervous system disorder results to a loss of memory (dementia) and other thinking abilities?
24. If you lose the feeling in a body part, you may have become .....
25. Region of brain which moves short-term memories into long-term storage
26. The Nervous system processes information and tells the body how to
27. What is the primary function of the Central Nervous System (CNS)?
28. Encloses the shallow third ventricle of the brain, is a relay station for sensory impulses passing upward to the sensory cortex.
29. Subdural hematoma
30. What is the medulla responsible for
31. The term cardiac arrest refers to
32. The basic building block of the nervous system, responsible for transmitting information
33. Which one is not a part of nervous system?
34. This structure of the brain is made up of the pons, midbrain and medulla oblongata
35. Check all that apply about the Peripheral Nervous System?
36. When one neuron sends messages to more than one other neuron
37. Fibers that receive and convey message to the cell body of a neuron
38. Which part of the peripheral nervous system controls activity in a conscious state?
39. Which is the correct order in which sound waves flow through the ear?
40. Which neurotransmitter has an excitatory effect on its target cell?
41. Hemisphere that is associated with logical abilities
42. As messages from the cortex travel through the brain, they create pathways that serve as the basis of memory.
43. The type of neuron which transports impulses TOWARDS the CNS
44. These cells make up the myelin sheath of neurons found within the PNS
45. Transmits impulses from afferent neurons to efferent neurons. Lie completely within the CNS.
46. Which part of the PNS controls the voluntary responses?
47. A ..... is an automatic, involuntary response to some change either inside or outside of the body
48. Blinking is an example of
49. What's the neurotransmitter of pleasure?
50. A division of the nervous system consisting of all nerves that are not part of the brain or spinal cord.
51. The most common neuron is .....
52. While no one knows exactly, it's safe to say humans have approximately how many nerves in the human body?
53. The ..... stores calcium and regulates calcium levels in the muscle cell
54. Acute condition caused by a high fever that is characterized by confusion, disorientation, disordered thinking, agitation, and hallucinations
55. Carry impulses from from receptors to CNS
56. At the leading edge of an impulse, gates within the sodium channels open, allowing positively charged ..... ions to flow inside the cell membrane. The inside of the membrane temporarily becomes more positive than the outside, reversing the .....
57. Which sensory nerve has fibers the conduct impulses associated with hearing and equilibrium?
58. This system gathers and interprets information.
59. The phrase, "Folic acid is number nine, keeps your DNA working fine" refers to this vitamin
60. Spinal reflexes occurs without the involvement of higher brain centers.