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Nervous System Quiz 63 (60 MCQs)

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1. They dilate pupils allowing for close sight to anticipate and attack from a predator/foe.
2. You are left out in the cold. What part of the brain makes you shiver?
3. The portion of the nervous system that conducts impulses from the skin, joints, skeletal muscles, and special senses is the ..... division.
4. The CNS is composed of:
5. Part of neuron that holds all the organelles.
6. ..... receives messages from other neurons and sends them to the cell body.
7. You accidentally grab a hot pan and pull away without thinking about it This is an example of a
8. ..... is the largest sense organ.
9. Which are the main divisions of the nervous system?
10. The area of the cerebral hemisphere important for the interpretation and the formulation of thoughts into speech is called
11. Which of the following is not a type of muscle in the human body?
12. Which muscle type is found in your stomach?
13. This part of the eye focuses light/images onto the retina.
14. Lobe that deals with learning and movement
15. In response to stimulus, the motor response goes out to two primary effectors. These effectors include muscles and (a) .
16. The ..... is found around a bundle of neurons.
17. PNS neurons that transmit action potentials from the CNS to smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and glands.
18. Heartbeat, respiration, coughing, sneezing and vomiting are controlled by which structure?
19. Macrophages cell in CNS are
20. Peripheral Nervous System is made up of
21. Touch receptors that allow you to feel the tickle of a feather.
22. What does the neuron's nucleus do?
23. The peripheral nervous system makes part of the nervous system
24. This "decides" most responses.
25. Covering of Schwann Cells, Speeds up nerve impulses.
26. What is the job of your nervous system?
27. Imagine you are learning about the human body in a biology class. Your teacher asks, 'What are the 3 main parts of the brain that we discussed?'
28. Which part of the brain is connected to the spinal cord and helps the body perform actions such as breathing, maintaining heart rate, and blood pressure?
29. A ..... is what your body does in reaction to a stimuli.
30. The section of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary actions.
31. Outermost layer of meninges and is the strongest
32. Coffee and Soda are common (a)
33. Each neuron has only one axon and many dendrites.
34. Two main functions:* Receive sensory information from the body (vis PNS) & send messages to the brain for processing. * Receive motor information from the brain and send it to relevant parts of the body (via PNS) to control muscles, glands and internal organs.
35. The most common type of neuron is .....
36. Identify the neuroglia described:Form scar tissue and regulate ion concentrations
37. The nature of an nervous impulse is
38. Chemoreceptors detect chemicals and scents in the food that we eat. what branch of the PNS would they be a part of?
39. What is another word for autonomic?
40. Light must be refracted precisely so it is focused on the retina.
41. Of the 3 types of muscles, which muscles attach to bone.
42. All nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system.
43. Describes the fact that a neuron fires at the same intensity despite the intensity of the stimulus.
44. Earthworms have setae, which are like bristles that help them .....
45. Type of neuron that carries impulses from receptors to the CNS
46. Your brain is made mainly of what type of cell?
47. Of the following, which is NOT part of an eye?
48. A nerve cell is called
49. A shiver is the collective term for which type of animal?
50. What is the nastic movement?
51. Which term describes the collection of lipids and proteins that may form a protective coating around an axon?
52. Which neurotransmitter is considered part of the reward/ feel good pathway?
53. The longest part of a neuron is most likely to be the
54. Vincent pulled his hand away when a bug bit him
55. What are the bones in the Vertebral/Spinal column
56. Is the brain the most complex organ in the body?
57. Effector neurons carry action potentials to the .....
58. Which of the following is NOT a function of a type of protein?
59. This ailment is also hydrophobia. Dogs, cats and monkeys are carriers of this virus
60. The binding and release of sodium or potassium ions are due to conformational changes in the protein.
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