Nervous System Quiz 462 (20 MCQs)

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1. A single motor neuron together with all the muscle fibers it innervates is called
2. Which body system receives stimuli from inside and outside of the body and communicates a response to all of the body's systems?
3. The space between an axon of a neuron that is communicating with a dendrite of another neuron is called a
4. Which reflex is the pulling away from a painful stimulus?
5. ..... are simple, rapid, involuntary, programmed responses to stimuli.
6. There are ..... parts to the ear.
7. Afferent (Sensory) nerves carry messages FROM the brain/ spinal cord to muscles and glands.
8. The brain and the spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system
9. There are ..... types of Nerves.
10. During which phase of the action potential are both the sodium and potassium voltage-gated channels open?
11. Reflex action is caused by the activity of at least how many types of nerve cells?
12. "I start shivering" . This is an example of .....
13. Ganglion
14. Motor functions mean that the nervous system .....
15. What is the nervous system subdivision that is composed of the cranial and spinal nerves as well as the ganglia.
16. When the spinal cord is severed and brain damage occurs, what substance could leak into tissues?
17. The cerebrum part of the brain maintains our body posture
18. Electrical charge that travels along a nerve fiber when stimulated.
19. A neuron that carries information from the CNS to tissues and organs would be classified as
20. The cerebrum controls movement