Nervous System Quiz 474 (20 MCQs)

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1. A tonic-clonic seizure is also called a petit mal seizure.

Correct Answer: B) False.

2. Define the autonomic nervous system

Correct Answer: B) Controls involuntary actions.

3. The frontal lobe is responsible for

Correct Answer: A) Thoughts.

4. The portion of the brain responsible for emotions and alerting you that you are in danger.

Correct Answer: C) Amygdala.

5. Which of the following is NOT an example of an autonomic reflex?

Correct Answer: C) Pulling hand away from a hot object.

6. The paired adrenal glands rest like hats on the superior poles of the kidneys.

Correct Answer: A) This is true.

7. The sense of taste uses .....

Correct Answer: A) Chemoreceptors.

8. Which of these disorders occurs when there is a loss of blood flow, and in turn oxygen, to the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Cerebrovascular accident.

9. Select the correct symptom of stroke

Correct Answer: C) Pain in the eye.

10. The type of neuron that receives stimuli from the skin

Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron.

11. What part of the neuron sends signals to other cells?

Correct Answer: B) Axon.

12. What begins when a neuron is stimulated by another neuron or by a stimulus in the environment?

Correct Answer: C) An impulse.

13. Where is the pyramidal cell found?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebral Cortex.

14. What is the main function of a nerve?

Correct Answer: B) To carry messages.

15. Controls involuntary actions like digestion and breathing

Correct Answer: C) Brain Stem.

16. This is the control centre of the nervous system controlling both voluntary and involuntary processes.

Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System.

17. Results in a change of activity

Correct Answer: A) Stimulus.

18. Moving your body involves which 2 systems?

Correct Answer: D) Muscular and Skeletal.

19. Lines cavities of brain and spinal cord and circulates cerebrospinal fluid using cilia

Correct Answer: D) Ependymal cells.

20. Bronchoconstriction is .....

Correct Answer: B) Decrease in radius of bronchiols.