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Nervous System Quiz 35 (60 MCQs)

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1. The cerebellum controls the movement, balance and coordination.
2. Which type of sensory receptor responds to chemicals in the food you eat or odors you smell? What type of sensory receptor responds to the chemicals in the foods you eat or the odors you smell?
3. Teeth have different jobs depending on their shape.
4. What part of the brain was affected by Phineas Gage's railroad accident?
5. *AFTER THE SIGNAL INTEGRATES FROM THE SENSORY FUNCTION WE MAKE UNCONSCIOUS DECISIONS
6. The human body is made up of different systems that coordinate with one another to perform their functions well.
7. Numbers 1 and 2 are which parts, respectively?
8. What is similar to the endoplasmic reticulum in neurons
9. Part of the brain that controls your senses such as smelling, tasting, touch, sight. this is your thinking part of the brain.
10. The area between the pre-synaptic cell and the post-synaptic cell is termed the synaptic cleft.
11. All electrical signals are sent along this highway between the brain and whatever area that is communicating with the brain
12. What part of your brain houses your amygdala?
13. Glial cells which line the cavities of the brain and spinal cord; have cilia which circulate CSF
14. What 2 organs make up the central nervous system?
15. Nerve signals move at over ..... mph.
16. Coordinates involuntary movement (breathing, heartbeat, etc)
17. Area of the frontal lobe that is responsible for speech production.
18. Which of the following is part of the peripheral nervous system?
19. Which of these receptors help with body position and balance?
20. If you picked up a hot coal, the signal from the sensory neurons in your fingertips would travel to ..... in your spinal cord.
21. Which of these neuroglial cells forms the myelin sheath in the central nervous system?
22. The cell body of a neuron is also known as:
23. Which of the following is the effect seen during a restful activity?
24. Neuroglia that produce scar tissue in the brain and spinal cord, but also provides structure and support are
25. This lobe is responsible for the stimuli such as touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.
26. The two parts of the nervous system are the?
27. Which system is responsible for your "Fight or Flight"
28. True or False. The nervous system is divided into two divisions-the Central Nervous System (brain and spinal cord) and the Peripheral Nervous System (neurons)
29. Where would you find a nervous system nerve?
30. Autonomic nervous system controls involuntary body functions.
31. You are born with all the neurons and synapses you will ever have; connections do not change over time.
32. The clear central anterior portion of the sclera is called the:
33. The 3 transporters that maintains the resting membrane potential of a neuron at ..... in order of significance are as follows.
34. Consists of the peripheral nerves in the body
35. The main organ of the nervous system. (a)
36. Two divisions of the nervous system.
37. Attached to bones
38. What are the neurons that carry information to the brain called?
39. The lobe of the brain primarily tasked with problem solving and reasoning skills.
40. Which system is made up of all the nerves in the body?
41. Which part of the brain controls involuntary actions like breathing and heart beat?
42. The synapse is for communication between individual neurons (or neuron/gland or neuron/muscle cell communication).
43. During the 'fight or flight' response, your body releases adrenaline, allowing you to escape or protect yourself from a perceived threat.
44. What is the purpose of neurons
45. This branch of the Peripheral Nervous System is responsible for involuntary responses and has 2 subdivisions.
46. ..... carry impulses from the environment or from other neurons toward the cell body
47. What is the state of a neuron when it is not engaged in an impulse?
48. A Synapse is in the middle of a cell and a
49. The cerebrum consists of 2 halves, each controls the side that it is on
50. ..... is released by your pancreas when blood glucose levels get too high.
51. The skeletal muscles are controlled by the ..... nervous system.
52. What is the name of the glial cells that act as phagocytes to aid in protecting CNS neurons?
53. They are our body's chemical messengers. They carry messages from one nerve cell across a space to the next nerve, muscle or gland cell.
54. The part of a neuron that conducts impulses away from its cell body is called a(n) .....
55. A reaction that you do without choosing to do so.
56. What is Synaptic Pruning?
57. During resting membrane potential, the inside of a neuron has a ..... charge
58. What are exchanged in the air sacs?
59. Cell body of the first order neuron of lateral spinothalamic tract is located in
60. What is the main function of neurons in the nervous system?
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