Nervous System Quiz 162 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The impulses that pass through the neurons arrive to the

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

2. What does the iris do?

Correct Answer: D) Regulates how much light enters the eye.

3. When your brain processes and interprets sensory information in order to make/determine an appropriate decision, this is known as?

Correct Answer: A) Integration.

4. Which of the following is not a type of cardiovascular exercise?

Correct Answer: B) Yoga.

5. Symptoms include severe headache, nausea, and sensitivity to light:

Correct Answer: C) Migraine.

6. The process in which impulses jump from node to node is called

Correct Answer: E) Saltatory conduction.

7. Which of the following correctly pairs subdivisions within the major divisions of the human nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Autonomic Sympathetic and parasympathetic.

8. Which of the following describes homeostasis?

Correct Answer: B) Organism's ability to maintain steady(stable) internal conditions.

9. What does the organ of Corti do?

Correct Answer: B) Sends AP though the cochlear nerve to the auditory cortex of the brain.

10. This part of a neuron is responsible for sending transmissions to other neurons.

Correct Answer: D) Axon.

11. A sense ..... are neurons all over the body that help us sense/detect things in our environment.

Correct Answer: B) Receptor.

12. A message enters the neuron through the dendrites and goes directly to the cell body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. A gap that separates the axon of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron:

Correct Answer: B) Conclusion.

14. A quick reaction that occurs automatically is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) Reflex.

15. TRUE OR FALSE:-tropic means having an affair for .....

Correct Answer: B) FALSE .

16. Stereotactic radiosurgery

Correct Answer: D) Use of a specialized instrument to locate and treat targets in the brain.

17. In the area of axon terminal electrical impulses are changed into

Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitters.

18. The major roles of the human nervous system are to

Correct Answer: C) Receive, process and coordinate a response to incoming information.

19. If an area of your body is particularly sensitive, what can you conclude about the area?

Correct Answer: B) It contains more nerve endings than other areas of your body.

20. The cells that have an electrical potential difference (voltage) across their plasma membrane

Correct Answer: D) Membrane potential.