Nervous System Quiz 369 (20 MCQs)

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1. Receive sensory info from the environment and send it to the brain or spinal chord
2. What type of neuron is also called an interneuron because it carries messages between the other two types of neurons?
3. What do sensory neurons have at their ends that detect changes inside and outside the body?
4. It is the network of nerves in the autonomic nervous system that triggers your instinctual "fight or flight" response.
5. Food passes through the Gall Bladder.
6. A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
7. What is a main function of the nervous system?
8. The small space between 2 neurons where the message passes.
9. The muscles in the wall of the blood vessels contract or relax to vary the blood flow. Which body system regulates the contraction and relaxation of the muscles?
10. The bicep and triceps are classified as an involuntary muscle type
11. To protect your cochlear hair cells/your hearing you should .....
12. Segment in the brain stem which is also being referred to as the spinal bulb
13. The area of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together.
14. What is responsible for carrying messages from the body to the brain from the brain to the body.
15. Of the neuroglia, covers specialized brain parts, acts as a barrier
16. The cranium consists of the ..... that form the upper part of the .....
17. What are the 3 functions of the skeleton?
18. Responsible for voluntary body functions
19. What does the right hemisphere control?
20. Is the part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia on the outside of the brain and spinal cord