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Nervous System Quiz 90 (60 MCQs)

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1. An example of a multipolar neuron is a .....
2. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Gangli/o [ GANGLIO ]
3. Which nerve is motor and responsible for tongue movement?
4. The part of the brain in charge of involuntary actions such as breathing and heartbeat.
5. The basic structural and functional unit of brain is
6. When you burn your hand on the stove the impulse and response are handled by your ..... and Peripheral Nerves.
7. What is the function of the pupil?
8. What part of the neuron receives messages from other neurons?
9. Consists of the brain and spinal cord and is the control center of the body
10. PNS is the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord
11. Identify which is WRONGLY paired.
12. How many skin cells do you have covering your body?
13. They help us to connect with the outside world.
14. What animal has the largest brain when compared to their body mass?
15. What structure is # 9?
16. How does the human body respond to hot temperatures?
17. Which organ is responsible for your sense of HEARING?
18. What type of neuron is the impulse conducted faster in?
19. ..... are receive the signal from neighbor neuron
20. In the term an/algesia, the suffix-algesia means (a)
21. Which is part of the central nervous system?
22. Which disease disrupts the motor function of extremities?
23. Made up of all of the sensory and motor neurons in the body outside of the central nervous system
24. The process in which certain parts of the DNA instructions are turned on or off is called .....
25. The innermost layer of the meninges that covers the surface of the brain is the:
26. Which hemisphere of the cerebrum is more analytical?
27. What ion rushes into the neuron during an action potential?
28. What are the actions that the nervous system control.
29. What are the functions of eyelids and eyelashes
30. Identify #6, contains blood vessels that nourish the eye
31. The type of nerve cell that provides protection and support.
32. Bones protect your organs. The skull protects the brain. What bones protect your heart and lungs.
33. What enables the movement of the body and internal organs?
34. It is a long, thin tube containing nervous tissue.
35. What are the two branches called that branch off from your trachea and into your lungs?
36. A typical brain weighs how much
37. The central canal is filled with the ..... fluid.
38. Who developed the first vaccine against rabies?
39. How do ion channels open to begin depolarization?
40. A disease caused by a parasite called African Trypanosomiasis.
41. The microscopic gap (or space) in-between nerve cells is called a(n) .....
42. Which ion produces hyperpolarization when it enters a neuron?
43. Most cancers in the nervous system originate within the glia.
44. The most important cardiac and vasomotor control centers are situated in the
45. Which of the following represents the pathway for smell that will trigger an emotional reaction?
46. I use my ..... to touch a dog.
47. Chemicals at the end of each axon that allows impulses to pass from one neuron to another.
48. What sense uses olfactory receptors?
49. The cerebrum is composed of two cerebral hemispheres divided by-
50. Which is true of the sympathetic nervous system?
51. Wernicke's area is located in
52. Which branch of the nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord?
53. Which is the correct defination of coordination?
54. True or False.Dura Mater = dur/o
55. A. a stimulus creates a depolarization event B. ions spread out and stimulate the cell to let more ions in farther down the axon C. the propagation of the signal runs down the length of the axon D. Na ions rush into the cell
56. Axon, axon terminals, dendrites and cell body are all parts to what?
57. Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the 'rest and digest' response?
58. Spatial neglect syndrome is usually caused by damage to the
59. What is the Pia Mater?
60. What are the cells of the nervous system that provide protection and maintain homeostasis for neurons, but do not generate action potentials?
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