Nervous System Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. The sympathetic nervous system causes a "resting and digesting" state
2. Which of the following controls the body functions you never think about, like breathing or heart rate?
3. A portion of the brainstem that relays information concerning vision, hearing, motor activity, sleep and wake cycles, alertness, and temperature awareness.
4. Which layer of the meninges is the one that contains the cerebrospinal fluid?
5. ..... ions start inside the cell and then move out of the cell to cause repolarization of a neuron
6. Carry messages from the brain or the spinalcord to the muscles and glands telling them what and how much to do
7. The process of bone formation is called:
8. Cones on your retina help see
9. Rounded bulge on underside of brainstem
10. How many ringed shape bones vertabral column have?
11. Damage to the spinal tissue can lead to:
12. Which structure connects the Brain to the Peripheral Nervous System, while also directing some of the body's reflexes?
13. What is the function of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?
14. What type PNS controls jumping, walking, talking?
15. What is the outer most most covering of the CNS?
16. Which of the following is a pigment that colors the skin?
17. The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and senses, is the:
18. The ear has 2 main functions. They are hearing and:
19. Occipital lobe?
20. A type of receptor that detects heat and changes in temperature, located mainly in the skin and muscles