Nervous System Quiz 301 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which part of a neuron makes up white matter in your brain?

Correct Answer: B) Axon (wrapped in myelin sheath).

2. Which part of the brain controls involuntary processes such as breathing?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla.

3. Fluid located in a small chamber between the cornea and the iris

Correct Answer: E) Aqueous humor.

4. Question 3

Correct Answer: B) B.

5. The region where the signals that travel down the axon are generated

Correct Answer: C) Axon hillock.

6. The operative repair of a defect of the skull

Correct Answer: B) Cranioplasty.

7. Which part of the brain carries out mental processes such as learning and remembering?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

8. To bruise

Correct Answer: B) Contus.

9. The greater the diameter of an axon =

Correct Answer: A) Faster impulse.

10. What organ controls involuntary activities, such as breathing, circulation, and swallowing?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata.

11. Kinetic energy can be described as

Correct Answer: A) Energy in motion.

12. What is the major function of cerebrum of brain?

Correct Answer: C) Intelligence and memory.

13. Con-

Correct Answer: D) Together; with.

14. Impulses that travel along neurons with myelin move faster than nerves without myelin.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. The diagram shows the human nervous system.Which letter indicates a part of the central nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) A.

16. The types of neurons that carry impulses to the brain and spinal cord are called

Correct Answer: B) Sensory neurons.

17. Where is the spinal cord located?

Correct Answer: A) Within the vertebral column or backbone.

18. The CNS consists of what?

Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord.

19. What is the function of the cell body in a neuron?

Correct Answer: D) Contains the nucleus and carries out metabolic functions.

20. Where would you find a nervous system tract?

Correct Answer: A) CNS.