Nervous System Quiz 1028 (20 MCQs)

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1. Axon terminals are filled with tiny sacs, or vesicles, that contain chemical messengers called .....

Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters.

2. The brain and spinal cord are protected by membranes known as the .....

Correct Answer: B) Meninges.

3. Light enters the eye through a thin membrane called the

Correct Answer: D) Cornea.

4. ..... are the building blocks of life.

Correct Answer: A) Cells.

5. Most posterior part of the cerebrum, this process visual information:

Correct Answer: A) Occipital lobe.

6. The spreading of cancerous cells is called

Correct Answer: A) Metastasis.

7. Destruction of a nerve

Correct Answer: A) Neurolysis.

8. What are the 2 types of neurones?

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

9. Supplies motor fibers for one external eye muscle

Correct Answer: D) Trochlear.

10. Which of the following is controlled by automatic nerves?

Correct Answer: C) Blinking.

11. Which muscles are involuntary? Choose the BEST answer.

Correct Answer: B) Smooth and cardiac.

12. Pain

Correct Answer: A) -algia.

13. Defective curvature of the cornea that produces blurred vision; maybe present with nearsightedness or farsightedness

Correct Answer: D) Astigmatism.

14. Reflexes ARE connected to the nerves

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Which specialist deals with the nervous disorders

Correct Answer: C) Neurosurgeon.

16. Which is not one of the senses?

Correct Answer: B) Thinking.

17. What meninges are very thin contains blood vessels and nerves.

Correct Answer: B) Pia Mater.

18. Which hemisphere of the brain would Creativity occur?

Correct Answer: B) Right Brain.

19. A cell of the nervous system is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Neuron.

20. What's the main job of nerve cells?

Correct Answer: A) To receive messages and then send the messages to other cells.