Nervous System Quiz 521 (20 MCQs)

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1. Sensory receptors that sense touch, cold, heat, pain, and pressure are collectively known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Cutaneous receptors.

2. Which system is responsible for the function of the inner organs?

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system.

3. These are the 3 main parts of the brain

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Medulla.

4. The fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord and acts as a shock absorber that protects the central nervous system

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrospinal fluid.

5. How many cranial nerves in dogs & cats?

Correct Answer: A) 12.

6. The spinal cord is protected by the backbone.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. The nervous system has an important function. What is the job of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Sends signals and messages throughout your entire body.

8. There are ..... bones in an adult humanskeleton.

Correct Answer: B) 206.

9. Your brain controls.....

Correct Answer: B) Everything you do.

10. Which part of the brain controls thinking, senses and memory?

Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum.

11. The Central Nervous system includes what two parts?

Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal Cord.

12. Rods and cones are found in the

Correct Answer: D) Retina.

13. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects which part of the neuron?

Correct Answer: A) Myelin Sheath.

14. The structures in which part of the ear amplify the intensity of sound vibrations?

Correct Answer: B) Middle ear.

15. Blood circulation

Correct Answer: C) Blood circulation.

16. When blood glucose (sugar) is high, the negative feedback mechanism is to produce which hormone?

Correct Answer: C) Insulin.

17. These cells create a supportive framework for neurons

Correct Answer: C) Neuroglia.

18. Which cell relays messages from one tissue to another?

Correct Answer: C) Neuron.

19. A change in the environment that causes a response is called a

Correct Answer: C) Stimulus.

20. The connection between two neurons or an effector (at an axon bulb and dendrites) is called .....

Correct Answer: B) A synapse.