Nervous System Quiz 430 (20 MCQs)

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1. How many pairs of spinal nerves?

Correct Answer: D) 31.

2. Which of the following is not a component of the nervous system in mammals?

Correct Answer: C) Heart.

3. What part of your brain controls object recognition?!

Correct Answer: B) Temporal lobe.

4. State of balance of the physiologic systems within the body

Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis.

5. The nervous system responsible for an increased heart rate

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic.

6. Neurotransmitters not breaking down can be caused by

Correct Answer: B) Reuptake inhibitors.

7. Chemical neurotransmitter

Correct Answer: B) Acetyl choline.

8. Efferent means

Correct Answer: B) Moving away from.

9. These types of glial cells are in the CNS. They are responsible for myelin sheathing, and can covering many cells at once.

Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes.

10. Antibodies are a record that monitors and remembers all diseases or microbes that enter the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Several important involuntary functions, such as breathing and heartbeat, digestion, and sleep are controlled by the

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem or medulla.

12. Walking towards the light is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Conscious response, involving the brain.

13. Are the bicep and triceps classified as involuntary muscle types?

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Microscopic gap that includes the synaptic cleft.

Correct Answer: B) Conclusion.

15. Which is NOT a main function of your skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Reflexes.

16. What is the role of afferent nerves in the nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) They carry messages from the sensory organs to the brain and spinal cord.

17. It carries impulses from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord.

Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neurons.

18. Writing when you hear a word is an example of

Correct Answer: A) A voluntary response.

19. The ..... give the white matter its characteristic color

Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheaths.

20. The Olfactory receptors are found in the

Correct Answer: B) Roof of the nasal cavity.