Nervous System Quiz 78 (60 MCQs)

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1. The five basic tastes the tongue can detect
2. Does humans uses less than 15% of their brain.
3. The largest sense organ is the?
4. Which of the following controls self-regulated action of internal organs and glands?
5. Nerves that carry impulses from the CNS out to the muscles and glands are .....
6. Which cells provide myelin to neurons in the PNS?
7. The 3 parts of the brain stem are .....
8. Receptors that detect movement
9. Another name for light bending is .....
10. This consists of the Thalamus, Hypothalamus, and Limbic System.
11. Plants and animals are made up of millions of tiny what?
12. Somatic sensory nervous carry information from the .....
13. Brain damage to the occipital lobe will affect
14. What is the term meaning any pathological (disease) condition of the spinal cord?
15. To be an organism you only need ONE cell. (Some organisms are single-celled)(Not all organisms have more than one cell)
16. The Occipital Lobe is responsible for what?(check all that apply)
17. Which of these is consistent with the refractory period?
18. The part of the brain responsible of involuntary actions is
19. What parts of our body formed "The Central Nervous System" ?
20. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Kinesi/o [ KINESIO ]?
21. Controls cellular activity
22. Which organs are part of your Central Nervous System?
23. Which neuron receives input at the synapse and is the receiver?
24. The long fibre of a nerve cell that transmits signals from the body of the cell to other nerve cells is the .....
25. A disease marked by muscular weakness and atrophy with involuntary contractions and excessive reflexes; caused by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord and in the brain's medulla and cortex
26. Reflex actions are controlled by .....
27. Cavities in the brain are called
28. The sense of smell is made possible by?
29. Cones allow you to see
30. The brain has gray matter on the outside and white matter on the inside.
31. Medulla helps us in
32. You see a large scary do and begin to run, what is the stimulus in this situation?
33. Eating behaviour is regulated or control by which part of the brain
34. The threshold value is ..... mV
35. A neuron that carries an impulse from one neuron to another
36. Which part of the brain relays sensory information between brain regions and controls many autonomic functions of the peripheral nervous system?
37. Sodium channels are fully open in the Peak and Falling Phase (T/F)?
38. The long part of a neuron that sends information to the next neuron
39. Controls involuntary actions
40. Where did Mrs. Stevenson just get back from vacation from?
41. Which is an example of a reflex?
42. What do you call the special type of cell that send signals rapidly and precisely to other cells?
43. What does the Cerebellum coordinate for movement?
44. Which part of the brain contains the medulla oblongata, midbrain and pons?
45. Have you had any clumsiness
46. The ..... connects to the spinal cord.
47. Release of chemical messengers are called (a)
48. The Peripheral Nervous System is divided into
49. Uneasy; nervous =
50. What structures are #'s 11, 12 & 13?
51. Nervous tissue is mostly made up of .....
52. A neuron with one process extending from the cell body is a
53. ..... Organism acts in a specific way
54. A special neuron that sends messages to a muscle or a gland.
55. They allow the movement of sodium-potassium ions in and out of the neuron.
56. What is this the function of?To detect (sense) stimuli (change in surroundings) OR convert stimulus into an impulse
57. The somatic nervous system is part of the peripheral nervous system that controls
58. Band of axon fibers connects 2 hemisphere
59. Nerve impulse is carried by neurotransmitters *
60. Controls breathing, heartbeat, and digestion