Nervous System Quiz 246 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which part of the brain relays sensory information between brain regions and controls many autonomic functions of the peripheral nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon.

2. Sodium channels are fully open in the Peak and Falling Phase (T/F)?

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. The long part of a neuron that sends information to the next neuron

Correct Answer: A) Axon.

4. Controls involuntary actions

Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata.

5. Where did Mrs. Stevenson just get back from vacation from?

Correct Answer: A) Disney.

6. Which is an example of a reflex?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

7. What do you call the special type of cell that send signals rapidly and precisely to other cells?

Correct Answer: A) Neuron.

8. Hemi-

Correct Answer: B) Half.

9. What does the Cerebellum coordinate for movement?

Correct Answer: C) Timing and patterns for smooth and agile subconscious movements.

10. Which part of the brain contains the medulla oblongata, midbrain and pons?

Correct Answer: D) Brain stem.

11. Have you had any clumsiness

Correct Answer: B) There was a clumsy movement.

12. The ..... connects to the spinal cord.

Correct Answer: A) Brain stem.

13. Release of chemical messengers are called (a)

Correct Answer: A) A hormones.

14. The Peripheral Nervous System is divided into

Correct Answer: A) Somatic and Autonomic NS.

15. Uneasy; nervous =

Correct Answer: C) RIP/oh.

16. What structures are #'s 11, 12 & 13?

Correct Answer: C) Ossicles (Malleus, Incus, Stapes).

17. Nervous tissue is mostly made up of .....

Correct Answer: A) Cells (neurons and glial cells).

18. A neuron with one process extending from the cell body is a

Correct Answer: A) Unipolar neuron.

19. ..... Organism acts in a specific way

Correct Answer: B) Stimuli.

20. Depression

Correct Answer: D) A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness.