Nervous System Quiz 214 (20 MCQs)

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1. Read the following and choose the correct neuroglia. "ciliated"

Correct Answer: C) Ependymal.

2. The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as thinking, language, and problem-solving

Correct Answer: D) Cerebral cortex.

3. Depolarizations are graded only up to a certain membrane voltage called

Correct Answer: A) Threshold.

4. Which is defined as the ability to transmit the impulse to other neurons, muscles, or glands?

Correct Answer: B) Conductivity.

5. Which structure receives major GABAergic input from neurons originating in the neostriatum?

Correct Answer: B) B.

6. Which is not a neurotransmitter:

Correct Answer: D) Cetyltrimethylamine oxide.

7. The primary visual area is located in the

Correct Answer: D) Occipital lobe.

8. Which part of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) carries impulses to and from the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal nerves.

9. Nerves that originate from spinal cord are called

Correct Answer: B) Spinal nerves.

10. What system is responsible for reflexes in the body?

Correct Answer: A) The Central Nervous System.

11. What is neuralgia?

Correct Answer: B) Nerve pain.

12. The portion of the brain that is located posterior to the brainstem and inferior to the cerebrum is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

13. What do you call the hairs that serve as filters of dust and foreign materials?

Correct Answer: C) Cilia.

14. What type of actions does the cerebrum control?

Correct Answer: B) Voluntary actions.

15. What is the arrangement of Grey and White matter in Spinal cord?

Correct Answer: A) Outer white matter & Inner grey matter.

16. This receptor type is found in the skeletal muscles of our somatic nervous system and always has an excitatory response when it is found here

Correct Answer: C) Nicotinic.

17. What type of neuron is responsible for transmitting information from the limbs to the CNS?

Correct Answer: A) Afferent Neuron.

18. The ..... lobe receives and interprets nerve impulses such as pain, heat, cold, touch.

Correct Answer: C) Parietal.

19. Identify

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

20. Bundles of neuron axons and their coverings, which are found outside the CNS

Correct Answer: A) Nerves.