Nervous System Quiz 523 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ..... is made of all the nerves that spread out from the brain and spinal cord.

Correct Answer: A) Peripheral nervous system.

2. What type of cell supports neurons all throughout the body?

Correct Answer: A) Glial Cells.

3. Which type of responses are associated with the parasympathetic division of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Feed and Breed.

4. What does the somatic system do?

Correct Answer: A) Controls voluntary muscles of the skeleton.

5. Cells of the CNS that encase axons in a lipid sheath (mylelin)

Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes.

6. Lobe of the cerebrum used in thinking and planning

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

7. The impulse is either conducted over the entire axon or it doesn't happen at all

Correct Answer: D) All or none response.

8. The junction of the parietal, temporal and occipital association areas is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) General interpretative area.

9. Nose is the organ of .....

Correct Answer: C) Smell.

10. The spinal cord has 37 individual vertebrae protecting it at all times. (a)

Correct Answer: A) To False.

11. The ..... connects the brain to the spinal cord

Correct Answer: B) Brain stem.

12. DIGESTION IS A VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

13. Which part of the PNS can we control?

Correct Answer: A) Somatic.

14. What does letter ABD represent?

Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata.

15. Myelin is located on the ..... and functions to ..... nerve transmission.

Correct Answer: C) Axon-speed up.

16. What do neurotransmitters determine?

Correct Answer: B) The rate at which neurons fire.

17. What is the main role of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

Correct Answer: B) Communication system between the CNS and the rest of the body.

18. PART OF THE BRAIN THAT CONTROLS PROBLEM SOLVING, EMOTIONS, AND SPEECH

Correct Answer: D) FRONTAL LOBE.

19. What are the chemicals that the neurons use to communicate

Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitter.

20. Viruses multiply:

Correct Answer: A) By taking over a cell and turning it into a factory.