Nervous System Quiz 434 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the job of the retina?

Correct Answer: D) Converting light into electronic signals.

2. The innermost membrane covering the brain and spinal cord is the?

Correct Answer: B) Pia Mater.

3. Coordinates your muscle actions and helps keep your balance

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

4. If you are looking at the arbor vitae, which part of the brain are you examining?

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum.

5. Connect sensory and motor neurons and carry impulses between them

Correct Answer: A) Interneurons.

6. What is the brief electrical impulse that provides the basis for conduction of nerve signals along the axon?

Correct Answer: C) Action potential.

7. It takes nutrients from the food and distributes it into the bloodstream. What is it?

Correct Answer: A) Small intestine.

8. Pain in the joint

Correct Answer: A) Joint pain.

9. What is the first step in a reflex arc?

Correct Answer: A) Receptor.

10. Which part of the brain controls muscle movement and learning?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

11. What two minerals are bones primarily made up of?

Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus.

12. Mylein is defined as:

Correct Answer: D) A mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron.

13. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.maintains a stable internal environment (homeostasis)

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system.

14. The Cerebrum is the largest part of your brain.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. There are 4 types of nerves

Correct Answer: A) False.

16. Organs are made out of?

Correct Answer: A) 2 or more different tissues.

17. IF

Correct Answer: A) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

18. This part of the brain is in charge of breathing, and heartbeat:

Correct Answer: B) Medulla.

19. The dark spots within the cell body are called

Correct Answer: D) Nissl bodies.

20. Brain and spinal cord

Correct Answer: B) CNS.