Nervous System Quiz 441 (20 MCQs)

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1. The primary auditory cortex is located in the
2. The part of the cerebrum associated with voluntary muscle movement is the:
3. Injury, wound
4. The Peripheral Nervous System consists of the Somatic and Autonomic Nervous system.
5. The space between the axon terminals of one neuron and the dendrites of the next neuron is known as the
6. Part of the CNS conducts signals between your brain and the rest of the body, and governs many reflexes and muscle patterns like walking:
7. Schwann cells wrap themselves around axons to insulate them. What are the outer layer of the Schwann cells called?
8. This motor/efferent subcategory (CNS to receptor) impulses are sent to involuntary effectors such as the cardiac muscle, smooth muscle and the glands.
9. Divsion of the nervous system that is the "excitement" division, fight or flight:
10. True or False:Nervous System's overall function is to collect information about the external conditions in relation to the body's internal state, to analyze this information, and to initiate appropriate responses to satisfy certain needs like maintaining homeostasis. The most powerful of these needs is survival.
11. It is due to damaged myelin sheath surrounding nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
12. What is the function of the blood's platelets?
13. Upper chamber of the heart. Receives blood from the body & lungs.
14. True or False.word; phrase = phras/o
15. Analyzes and interprets messages and responds-control center
16. What response in a neuron causes the Na to flow into the cell and increase the charge of the membrane potential?
17. A stroke or CVA is defined as:
18. Gaps in the myelin sheath where nerve impulses are regenerated
19. Which of the following are 2 of the types of Nerve Endings
20. Adaptive plasticity (caused by brain damage) is