Nervous System Quiz 489 (20 MCQs)

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1. Has many processes arising from the cell body, one is an axon the rest are dendrites

Correct Answer: C) Multipolar.

2. Eyes have ..... receptors.

Correct Answer: B) Light.

3. Protective layer covering the brain; has 3 layers

Correct Answer: A) Meninges.

4. What is Synaptogenesis?

Correct Answer: C) The process of forming new synapsis.

5. Nerves are made up of nerve cells called:

Correct Answer: C) Neurons.

6. Where does the spinal cord begin

Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata.

7. Which sense uses olfactory receptors?

Correct Answer: C) Smell.

8. A signal from another axon would enter a different axon where?

Correct Answer: C) Conclusion.

9. Reversal of charges from negative to positive aka a nerve impulse

Correct Answer: A) Action potential.

10. You are able to learn, understand and remember the knowledge of body systems The above statements refers to the function of

Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe.

11. Pupil reflex is controlled by the

Correct Answer: C) Brain.

12. Which part of the brain is also called the "inner brain" ?

Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon.

13. What are considered special senses?

Correct Answer: B) Vision, smell, taste, hearing, and equilibrium.

14. Neurons that conduct impulses from the CNS to muscles or glands are

Correct Answer: D) Motor neurons.

15. Damage to the Hypothalamus causes constant hunger

Correct Answer: A) Prader Willi.

16. Neuroglia that produce myelin on axons in the brain and spinal cord are

Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes.

17. Which part of the brain is responsible for thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and senses?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

18. Which division of the PNS conveys impulses TO the CNS from the sensory receptors?

Correct Answer: D) Sensory (afferent).

19. Hematoxylin stains which part of the cell organelles?

Correct Answer: A) Nucleus.

20. What is the role of microglia cells?

Correct Answer: A) Acts as an immune cell and assist and assist damaged dying neurons.