Nervous System Quiz 225 (20 MCQs)

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1. Pregnancies

Correct Answer: C) Pregnant / Pregnant.

2. These channels open when chemical messages attached to them

Correct Answer: C) Ligand-gated channels.

3. What part of the neuron has bushy, branching extensions that receive and integrate messages, conducting impulses toward the cell body?

Correct Answer: D) Dendrite.

4. Which of the following is not found within a cerebral hemisphere?

Correct Answer: D) A large number of cerebral ganglia.

5. The Peripheral Nervous System is made of

Correct Answer: B) The Nerves.

6. This is a part of the brainstem controls sleep and dream cycles

Correct Answer: B) Pons.

7. The skeletal system is composed of what as well as bones?

Correct Answer: B) Joints, ligaments, and cartilage.

8. Read the following and choose the correct neuroglia. "phagocyte"

Correct Answer: B) Microglia.

9. Paralysis of both limbs (legs) in known as

Correct Answer: A) Paraplegia.

10. Each half of this deals mainly with the opposite side of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

11. When you need to use the bathroom, your excretory system sends a signal to your ..... system to let your body know that it's time .....

Correct Answer: B) Nervous.

12. Which part of the brain is involved in our ability to speak?

Correct Answer: B) Broca's Area.

13. The ..... is located in the back of the frontal lobe, next to the central fissure.

Correct Answer: C) Primary Motor Cortex.

14. What is the role of the Eustachian tube?

Correct Answer: C) To aid in equalizing pressure around the eardrum.

15. Repolarization occurs when

Correct Answer: C) Potassium ions move out of the neuron.

16. What are the three types of nerves

Correct Answer: D) Motor, sensory, autonomic.

17. Which of the following controls the movement and size of the pupils?

Correct Answer: C) Midbrain.

18. All Factory Bulb And the optic lobe is located in which part of the brain, respectively?

Correct Answer: D) Frontal brain, midbrain.

19. What system provides the cells of the body with oxygen?

Correct Answer: A) Respiratory.

20. What are the two subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?

Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic and Parasympathetic.