Nervous System Quiz 330 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A response is a behavior caused by the stimulus.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

2. The 2 hemispheres of the brain are connected by the ..... which allows the 2 sides to communicate.

Correct Answer: D) Callous bodies.

3. The outer ear used to funnel sound waves inward; also known as the pinna.

Correct Answer: C) Auricle.

4. What is the round, coloured part behind the cornea?

Correct Answer: B) Iris.

5. Which part of the inner ear is filled with fluid and contains hair cells that when damaged, results in hearing loss?

Correct Answer: A) Cochlea.

6. Which senses stretch in muscles

Correct Answer: D) Muscle Spindle.

7. When a cell returns to its resting membrane potential.

Correct Answer: A) Repolarized.

8. The feedback system that returns the body back to the normal set point.

Correct Answer: B) Negative.

9. Tammy has trouble with her weight and appetite control. This might be caused by:

Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus.

10. Type of sensory receptor capable of transducing temperature stimuli into neural action potentials.

Correct Answer: A) Thermoreceptor.

11. Subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that allows us to voluntarily control our skeletal muscles:

Correct Answer: D) Somatic nervous sytem.

12. The cell body contains the

Correct Answer: C) Nucleus and many organelles.

13. Which of these is not a part of the brain?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

14. General term for chemical substances released from the presynaptic terminal

Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters.

15. What is the purpose of a control group?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

16. Imagine David, James, and Benjamin are superheroes with the power of the nervous system. What would be their superpower?

Correct Answer: A) Ability to sense inputs, process information, and perform motor output.

17. The brain is an information processing system powered by electrical impulses and chemical messengers. This is an example of:

Correct Answer: D) Electrochemical transmission.

18. What are Schwann cell?

Correct Answer: A) Cells that produce the myelin sheath around the neuron axons.

19. The changes produced by increased sympathetic impulses, allowing the body to deal with any type of stress

Correct Answer: D) Fight or flight response.

20. Which part of the diencephalon forms the posterior side of the diencephalon and is composed of the pineal gland?

Correct Answer: C) Epithalamus.