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Nervous System Quiz 49 (60 MCQs)

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1. Somatic system controls
2. The flow of electricity/impulses/messages from one point to another:
3. It is estimated that around 86 ..... neurons are in our brains, and more than 100 ..... are in our brains at the time of birth.
4. What is the part of the brain that controls balance, coordination, and unconscious muscle activities
5. When we scoop rice into our mouths and chew it What is the stimulus that makes us chew rice?
6. BONUS:What color is your brain?
7. What term describes the ability of the eye lens to change shape, becoming more convex to focus on near objects and flattening to focus on distant objects?
8. What is the tympanic membrane
9. This carries a signal/message away from the cell body:
10. Which part of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for involuntary actions?
11. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the:
12. Which of the following are paired correctly?
13. Which major organ does not receive water as a priority during dehydration?
14. The PNS nerves are part of either the somatic system or the .....
15. Why is the cerebral cortex folded over itself into bumps and grooves?
16. As sodium and potassium ions are so small, they can easily pass through the cell membrane to create the action potential.
17. Where are myelinated neurons usually found?
18. Anything that occurs as a result of the organism thinking about it.
19. The biceps brachii muscle is innervated by the
20. The movement of ions inside and outside the axon is done by
21. The nerve impulse flowing in one fibre and they do not share it to neighbour neuron because of .....
22. The most important organ of the Nervous System.
23. Which of the following statement is correct about Cerebellum?
24. If a person's spinal cord is damaged, which of the following would be a likely effect?
25. The human body is able to respond to stimuli from the environment because of the nervous system
26. What is the primary function of the peripheral nervous system?
27. Combining form that means head
28. Muscles that are not under your conscious control. Responsible for activities such as breathing, digesting food and your heart beating.
29. Cranial nerve X is .....
30. What do you call the passageway for air and food?
31. The main control center in an animal body; part of the central nervous system.
32. Which of the cerebral lobes is responsible for Auditory perception.
33. Neurotransmitters are released in a synapse and bind to:
34. ..... on your tongue help with taste
35. Which disease is Not an X-linked disease?
36. This lobe controls voluntary muscles, emotions, reasoning.
37. Identify parts of the EYE (area)
38. What division of the nervous system contains your cranial and spinal nerves?
39. The Nervous System is divided into two parts called
40. Which section of the PNS consists of nerves that go to cardiac and smooth muscles, as well as glands and other tissues in the body?
41. Supporting cells that use phagocytosis to get rid of cellular debris and bacteria are called
42. Tendons attach muscle to bone
43. Defect of the spinal column in which the spinal cord and / or it's covering protrude outside the vertebrae.
44. What is the function of oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system?
45. The spinal cord is the extension of
46. What are bones made of?
47. Are chemicals by which neurons communicate.
48. Smooth Muscle is found in the?
49. What type of glial cells support the periphery nervous system
50. Nociceptors sense which stimuli?
51. Dogs can smell better than humans.
52. This branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for INVOLUNTARY or automatic body processes like heart beat, breathing, blood flow, etc
53. Speaking, Running, and Karate Chopping are examples of
54. Mimics the effects of brain-produced neurotransmitters.
55. During an action potential, repolarization occurs as a result of
56. Meningitis may cause
57. The cell membrane is said to be ..... charged because there is a difference in electrical charge between its outer and inner surfaces
58. The type of neuron that carries messages from the brain to internal organs and glands is a(n)
59. Homeostasis.....
60. Hypoglossal nerves (one of the 12 cranial nerves) are motor nerves that:
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