Nervous System Quiz 116 (20 MCQs)

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1. Chambers inside the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid are called:

Correct Answer: B) Ventricles.

2. Ciliated CNS neuroglia that play an active role in moving the cerebrospinal fluid are:

Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells.

3. What are our five senses?

Correct Answer: D) Touch, hearing, smell, taste, sight.

4. This type of reflex involves the stimulation of skeletal muscles

Correct Answer: A) Somatic/voluntary.

5. Maintain stable internal conditions. Examples include fever and vomiting.

Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis.

6. Tongue/speech

Correct Answer: D) Hypoglossal.

7. The large nerve that runs through your pelvis and down the back of your leg

Correct Answer: D) Sciatic.

8. Which one of the following represents the correct sequence from outermost to innermost layers of the meninges:

Correct Answer: A) Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater.

9. Neurotransmitters that allow nerve impulse to travel from neuron to neuron (2 of them).

Correct Answer: A) Acetylcholine/norepinephrine.

10. Neurons Send impulse from receptors in the skin and senseorgans to the brain and spinal cord

Correct Answer: A) Sensory neurons.

11. The ring of muscle tissue that forms the colored portion of the eye and controls the size of the opening.

Correct Answer: B) Iris.

12. Elevated ridges or folds of tissue that make up the cerebral cortex of the brain are called:

Correct Answer: C) Gyri.

13. What Cranial Nerve is the longest

Correct Answer: D) Vagus.

14. How many dendrites does a neuron have?

Correct Answer: A) Many.

15. What is the job of the 'sodium-potassium' pump?

Correct Answer: C) Sodium ions are pumped into the cell and potassium is pumped out of the cell.

16. This is the top part of the Diencephalon.

Correct Answer: B) Limbic System.

17. Which one is a main part of the brain?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

18. Involuntary responses

Correct Answer: A) Are originated in the spinal cord.

19. An example of a long bone is?

Correct Answer: C) Thigh Bone.

20. General rule for patients with Alzheimer's disease

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.