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Nervous System Quiz 52 (60 MCQs)

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1. ..... processes and interprets sensory input & makes decisions
2. Which sense organ responds to chemical exposure?
3. What does the brain stem do?
4. The ..... is a system of nerves that connects the peripheral parts of the body to the central nervous system; it has both sensory and motor nerves.
5. The brain is made up of ..... of neurons
6. A ..... is an automatic response that occurs rapidly without conscious control.
7. Which of the following helps you see in low light?
8. The part of the eye that focuses light rays coming into the eye.
9. The and the are two senses that are closely related
10. Barry touched a hot stove. What kind of neuron carried the message to the brain that the stove was hot?
11. It connects the central nervous system to the organs and limbs.
12. Branches of a neuron that release vesicles (sacs) containing neurotransmitters:
13. Detect amount of stretch or tension in skeletal muscles, tendons, joints
14. Are chemicals that travel in the blood and cause changes in different parts of the body
15. The impulses that pass through the neurons arrive to the
16. What does the iris do?
17. When your brain processes and interprets sensory information in order to make/determine an appropriate decision, this is known as?
18. Which of the following is not a type of cardiovascular exercise?
19. Symptoms include severe headache, nausea, and sensitivity to light:
20. The process in which impulses jump from node to node is called
21. Which of the following correctly pairs subdivisions within the major divisions of the human nervous system?
22. What does the organ of Corti do?
23. This part of a neuron is responsible for sending transmissions to other neurons.
24. A sense ..... are neurons all over the body that help us sense/detect things in our environment.
25. A message enters the neuron through the dendrites and goes directly to the cell body.
26. A gap that separates the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron:
27. A quick reaction that occurs automatically is called a .....
28. TRUE OR FALSE:-tropic means having an affair for .....
29. Stereotactic radiosurgery
30. In the area of axon terminal electrical impulses are changed into
31. The major roles of the human nervous system are to
32. If an area of your body is particularly sensitive, what can you conclude about the area?
33. The cells that have an electrical potential difference (voltage) across their plasma membrane
34. What are the 1 main Parts of the CNS
35. What is the part of the brain responsible for coordinating all your movements called?
36. What is intrapersonal?
37. Contains a Cardiac Center that controls cardiac muscles in the heart to control heart hate and the strength of cardiac contractions.
38. What part of the nervous system controls everything you do?
39. What is the change of a cell membrane from positive to negative called?
40. Identify Letter A
41. What part of the neuron that takes in and receives messages?
42. The junction between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of another neuron is called
43. Which is considered the most common type of dementia?
44. The cerebellum contols balance and coordination
45. More ions inside than outside cell membrane
46. Muscles can only pull on bones to move them.
47. What describes the correct order of the Reflex Arc?
48. Thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, and mammillary bodies, which regulate homeostasis, make up this region of the brain
49. THE CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
50. What are the three principal functions of the nervous system?
51. The neuron receiving information from another neuron is called the
52. The white matter of the brain is formed
53. Part of nervous system under involuntary control
54. Which is a cytoplasmic extension from the cell body, that usually receives information from other neurons and transmits the information to the cell body?
55. The parasympathetic nerves relax the airways.
56. Neurotransmitters bind to complementary sites on a cell called
57. Which layer is of meninges is the hardest?
58. How can neurons be classified?
59. Which part of the brain controls unconscious activities such as heart rate and breathing rate?
60. Which ion links excitation to contraction in a skeletal muscle fiber?
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