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Nervous System Quiz 68 (60 MCQs)

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1. The center of visual perception
2. Where gases are exchanged between the air and the blood. Oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the thin walls of capillaries that surround this structure.
3. The cerebrum is a bundle of nerves going down your back.
4. Form membrane that line some brain parts
5. How much does the human brain weigh?
6. True or False:the right side of the brain controls the right side of your body, while the left side of the brain controls the left side of your body.
7. Cranial nerve VIII is .....
8. A disorder caused by dysfunction in the basal nuclei in the brain is called:
9. It allows one neuron to send from an electrical signal to chemical signal to another neuron.
10. Dendrites receive signals from other ..... and transmit info ..... the cell body.
11. The peripheral nervous system is made up of the:
12. This part of the brain is found at the lowest section of the brain stem and located at the top of the spinal cord. It controls automatic functions including heartbeat and breathing.
13. It is the conduction of signals from the integration centers to effector cells, such as muscle cells or gland cells, which perform the body's responses.
14. Somatic and sensory fibers carry information to and from where?
15. Nissl granules are found in .....
16. ..... neurons carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord out to the body.
17. Which part of the cerebrum is responsible for vision?
18. Impulse travels into the neuron on the ..... and out on the .....
19. What are the parts of the diencephalon?
20. What part of the body processes pain?
21. The oldest part and central core of the brain, responsible for automatic survival functions.
22. Facial nerves (one of the 12 cranial nerves) are motor & sensory nerves that:
23. The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex controls what part of the body?
24. Which of the following are part of the sense organs?
25. The ear has three parts
26. This part of the heart comes from the left venrtricle and passes over the heart
27. What is the charge outside of a neuron at rest
28. Spinal cord elongated
29. Which of these would be a part of your Somatic Nervous System?
30. What are the two major types of nerve cells?
31. Polio cannot be treated by taking medicine. Patients with polio undergo physical therapy to help retain muscle function. Today, babies can be protected against polio through vaccination.
32. The ..... controls our body systems and allows us to think and feel emotions.
33. Read the following and choose the correct neuroglia. "ciliated"
34. The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as thinking, language, and problem-solving
35. Depolarizations are graded only up to a certain membrane voltage called
36. Which is defined as the ability to transmit the impulse to other neurons, muscles, or glands?
37. Which structure receives major GABAergic input from neurons originating in the neostriatum?
38. Which is not a neurotransmitter:
39. The primary visual area is located in the
40. Which part of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) carries impulses to and from the spinal cord?
41. Nerves that originate from spinal cord are called
42. What system is responsible for reflexes in the body?
43. What is neuralgia?
44. The portion of the brain that is located posterior to the brainstem and inferior to the cerebrum is the .....
45. What do you call the hairs that serve as filters of dust and foreign materials?
46. What type of actions does the cerebrum control?
47. What is the arrangement of Grey and White matter in Spinal cord?
48. This receptor type is found in the skeletal muscles of our somatic nervous system and always has an excitatory response when it is found here
49. What type of neuron is responsible for transmitting information from the limbs to the CNS?
50. The ..... lobe receives and interprets nerve impulses such as pain, heat, cold, touch.
51. Bundles of neuron axons and their coverings, which are found outside the CNS
52. A chemical which is released from a vesicle into the synaptic gap
53. What do you call the outer layer of the skin that you see?
54. These are the smallest bones in the body that help transmit and amplify sound waves.
55. Which part of the brain is connected to the spinal cord?
56. A circular structure behind the pupil that refracts light rays is the?
57. Sophia is taking her Anatomy and Physiology test. An EEG of her brain would most likely show a higher frequency of which of the following wave types?
58. Nerves that carry messages to and from the brain
59. The brain stem controls the involuntary actions of the body.
60. What is the coloured part of the eye?
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