Nervous System Quiz 100 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which structure is not from the neural tube?

Correct Answer: C) Dentate nucleus.

2. Events or environmental conditions that trigger a nerve impulse and cause an organism to respond are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Stimuli.

3. What is the basic structure of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Neuron.

4. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for:

Correct Answer: D) Inhibiting the stomach and pancreas.

5. Where is the control system?

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

6. Dementia that is caused by the development of lesions in the cortex during middle to late adulthood is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Alzheimer disease.

7. Which part of the skeletal system protects the heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: D) Ribs.

8. A person with Parkinson's Disease likely has damage to their

Correct Answer: D) Substania nigra (in the midbrain).

9. What can you infer about "thermo" from the info about thermoreceptors?

Correct Answer: D) Refers to temperature.

10. This disease is characterized by uncoordinated muscle movement and being unbalanced

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellar Ataxia.

11. Excitable cells that respond to stimuli by conducting impulses to transmit signals

Correct Answer: A) Neurons.

12. An example of LOCAL cell communication is:

Correct Answer: B) Neurons communicating across a synapse.

13. Combining form that means sleep

Correct Answer: B) Hypn/o.

14. Nerves are ..... branched structures .....

Correct Answer: C) Thread-like.

15. Theeardruuum is present in the ..... ear.

Correct Answer: B) Middle ear.

16. Region where a motor neuron comes in close contact with a muscle cell.

Correct Answer: D) Neuromuscular junction.

17. What type of neuron has only two processes?

Correct Answer: C) Bipolar Neurons.

18. QA-What makes up the CNS

Correct Answer: A) Brain and spinal cord.

19. Which part of the CNS coordinates muscle movements?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

20. What is the function of the brain?

Correct Answer: A) To collect information and make decisions.