Nervous System Quiz 42 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which division of the nervous system is known as the resting & digesting system?
2. How does the sympathetic nervous system prepare the body for strenuous activity?
3. What does the cornea do?
4. Which lobe of the cerebrum processes things like tough, pain, and temperature?
5. Division of the PNS that regulates activities under conscience control
6. Which of the following gate opens during depolarization
7. A central opening of iris is
8. What organs are the eyes, ears, nost and tounge?
9. Neurons can synapse with .....
10. Cranial Nerve 3 =
11. During repolarization, ..... ions are pumped out of the cell.
12. The peripheral nervous system is made up of .....
13. Which part of the brain is the largest?
14. What does the blood-brain barrier control?
15. This system controls all body functions
16. Which part of the cerebrum is responsible for touch, intellectual function, and speech
17. An action potential arriving at the presynaptic terminal causes
18. The peripheral nervous systems consists of .....
19. Feedback loops are important because they allow organisms and the environment to
20. The order of Auditory Ossicles (from outside to inside)
21. What is the name of the opening that changes size to adjust for brightness?
22. Slowly progressive decline in mental abilities including memory, thinking, and judging
23. It connects the brain to the spinal cord.
24. Type of nerve that carries messages to the CNS from the sense organs
25. Keeping the body at constant or near constant conditions is called .....
26. Disease caused by an incomplete formation of the vertebral column.
27. Caused by excessive plaque formation int he brain leading to memory loss
28. This system provides shape and support for the body.
29. The cells that produce myelin in the PNS are the
30. What is the presynaptic membrane
31. The nerve cells in your body are called neurons. From which part of the neuron is most likely responsible for carrying signals between the cell body and axon terminal?answer choices
32. What must happen to chemicals before chemoreceptors in the mouth can detect it?
33. How does food move through your digestive system?
34. Subdivision of the efferent division that transmits action potentials to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, or glands
35. What is the function of the somatic nervous system?
36. This is the area where the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes of the cerebrum come together.
37. Rare in adults, these neurons are only found in sense organs like the eye and nose:
38. Fat-soluble vitamins include.....
39. What does connective tissue do?
40. What do afferent nerves do?
41. Burning sensation
42. Produces myelin sheaths
43. A network of nerves that weave together after branching from the spinal cord is called a .....
44. Neuron between a motor neuron and a sensory neuron
45. The most complex organ in the body is the
46. Which organ is related to the nervous system?
47. What are the main functions of the skeleton?
48. Which of the following structures protect the eye?
49. Surface shows elevated ridges of tissue. What are these elevated ridges named?
50. ..... synapses occur where two cells are directly connected.
51. The organelle that contains actin and myosin.
52. What are the receptors used for the tactile and temperature senses?
53. Which type of nerve gathers information from surroundings and sends it to the brain?
54. Ears pick up sound waves caused by vibrations that your brain interprets
55. Identify Letter J
56. This nerve is responsible for balance
57. What do the nodes of Ranvier do?
58. Part of neuron that receives impulses from other cells and transmits to cell body.
59. Which part our our brain is in charge of memories and hormone production?
60. These parts of the brain are MOST important for maintaining homeostasis.