Nervous System Quiz 1034 (20 MCQs)

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1. Sensation of spinning or dizziness usually caused by an inner-ear disorder or condition

Correct Answer: A) Vertigo.

2. Helps with balance and coordination

Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum.

3. Calcium is responsible for

Correct Answer: A) Signaling the release of the neurotransmitter.

4. What type of nerve connect the sensory nerve with the motor nerves and carry impulses betweet them?

Correct Answer: A) Connector.

5. The left hemisphere is responsible for

Correct Answer: C) Verbal skills.

6. Which part of the brain stem connects with the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata.

7. Interprets and processes information and delivers commands to PNS

Correct Answer: E) Interneuron.

8. What part is responsible for visual processing?

Correct Answer: D) Occipital.

9. Euphoria neurotransmitter

Correct Answer: D) Endorphins.

10. ..... pairs of cranial nerves serve primarily the head and neck.

Correct Answer: A) 12.

11. What nerve supplies motor fibers to four of the six muscles that direct the eyeball, the eyelid, and control lens shape and pupil size?

Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor.

12. Where is the Purkinje cell found?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

13. When sodium enters the neuron, it becomes .....

Correct Answer: A) Positive.

14. Which nerve is a motor nerve that conducts impulses that moves the eyes and eyelids and focuses light coming into the eye?

Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor (III).

15. Which type of nerve receptors are responsible for detecting mechanical force, like vibration, pressure, stretch, and touch?

Correct Answer: D) Mechanoreceptors.

16. Can cause gingival hyperplasia

Correct Answer: C) Phenytoin.

17. A muscle receives a message that tells it to contract. This nerve impulse followed an ..... pathway.

Correct Answer: B) They will bring it out.

18. What are the major positive ions situated outside the neuron when it is polarized? (resting)

Correct Answer: B) Sodium ions.

19. This causes the heart to beat faster or slower.

Correct Answer: D) Cardiac Center.

20. Tube that connects the pharynx with the middle ear

Correct Answer: A) Eustachian tube.