Nervous System Quiz 93 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the main function of the Spinal Cord?
2. A reflex is an involuntary action. This means that you do not have to think about it.
3. Reading a book:Is it?
4. T-F:You have 1 cornea in each eye
5. Connective tissue is
6. What is the name of the 3 bones in the ear?
7. Known as the "Little brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements:
8. The spinal cord is protected by a bony spinal column made up of bones called .....
9. Mass of cell bodies of sensory neurons near the spinal cord
10. What is an axon and its function?
11. Automatic movements in response to a signal are called .....
12. Part of CNS that links the brain to the PNS
13. While you are sleeping, your heart keeps beating, you breathe in and out, your food is being digested, and you are making waste. What part of your brain is responsible for controlling all of this?
14. Neurons either conduct action potentials along the length of their axons, or they remain at rest. This statement best describes .....
15. Each eyelid contains ..... along its edge, which secrete an oil that helps lubricate the eye.
16. Which of the following is not a type of training periodization?
17. Concussions may be caused by falls, bumps or blows to the head and even a blow to your body if it causes the brain to move.
18. The auditory nerve carries
19. Collections of nerve cell bodies
20. Motor neurons conduct impulses.....
21. This is the place where digestion starts.
22. A specialised nerve cell.
23. Nerve cells tell muscles what to do by using .....
24. During this stage, K+ channels open and K+ ions leave the neuron:
25. A speed boat travels 200 miles at a speed of 20 miles/hr. How much time will it take to travel the 200 miles?
26. What is the length of the neuron called?
27. The neurotransmitter involved in sleep, mood, and appetite regulation is:
28. This lobe is responsible with many aspects of vision.
29. Move the entire eyeball around
30. It controls the muscle moment.
31. Nerves, behaving like electrical wires that send an receive signals thought out the body
32. Which list below correctly describes the sequence that blood takes as it travels through the body?
33. All of the following are parts of the brainstem except .....
34. Consists of the brain and spinal cord
35. What is the part of the neuron that brings information TO the cell body?
36. This is the color of the outside of the cerebellum.
37. What is the endocrine system?
38. This cranial nerve controls 4 of 6 muscles that control eye movement
39. Green, blue, and/or brown pigment can be found in the .....
40. Collect stimuli and transport them to the cell body
41. Which of the following divisions of the nervous system is activated when you raise your hand in class
42. The olfactory analyzer is located:
43. What is in charge of involuntary actions such as:breathing, heartbeat and reflexes?
44. Made up of Cytons
45. What are neurons?
46. Saltatory conduction occurs only
47. An infection induced inflammation of the meninges surrounding the brain and the spinal cord
48. In repolarization, the neuron does not return to its resting membrane potential
49. Your hand touches a hot stove where does your impulse go?
50. A cell that carries information through the nervous system is called a
51. WHAT is alzheimer's disease (AD)?
52. The area of the brain just above the brain stem is called the
53. Na+ and K+ leak channels and Na+/K+ pumps on the neuron are responsible for establishing and maintaining the
54. *When you move around, fluid inside the loops sloshes around. This movement is detected by hair cells inside the loops. *The hair cells send signals to the brain to help maintain ..... when you move around.
55. In most people, the right hemisphere controls movement of
56. Receptors send messages to the ..... (pick the MOST correct option)
57. Number of nerves branching from the spinal cord
58. Conduction pathways found within the CNS which propagate action potentials from one area in the CS to another
59. The lobe of your brain responsible for pain and touch
60. Which type of neuron carries signals from the brain to the muscles?