Nervous System Quiz 533 (20 MCQs)

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1. A stimulus is a change in the environment that invokes a response.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. ..... enters the body using vibrations through the skin and nerves.

Correct Answer: B) Mechanical input.

3. They can be taught by turning lessons/concepts into lyrics or rhythms.

Correct Answer: D) Musical.

4. Damage to the hippocampus would result in what?

Correct Answer: B) Memory problems.

5. What is a function of the IMMUNE system?

Correct Answer: C) To fight off diseases with white blood cells.

6. What do the sound waves vibrate?

Correct Answer: D) Eardrum, ossicles, Cochlea.

7. The ..... membranes located between bone and soft tissue.

Correct Answer: C) Meninges.

8. Nerve impulses jump from

Correct Answer: D) Node to node.

9. The part of the bone that makes blood cells is .....

Correct Answer: C) Marrow.

10. What is the organ of the sense of smell?

Correct Answer: D) Nose.

11. The properties of muscle are as follows:remove the stimulus, and it will return to its normal resting position

Correct Answer: A) Elasticity.

12. Broca's speech area which controls the speech ability is located in

Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe.

13. Where is the stimulus processed?

Correct Answer: B) SPINAL CHORD.

14. When does paralysis occur?

Correct Answer: A) When the spinal cord is cut or damaged.

15. What is the normal intracranial pressure

Correct Answer: C) 5 to 15 mm of HG.

16. The brain is divided into 2 hemisphere

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. The part of the nervous system that deals with actions you do not usually control.

Correct Answer: C) Autonomic system.

18. What happens to your heart rate during a parasympathetic response?

Correct Answer: B) Slows down.

19. Type of synapse which decreases the chance of the next neuron firing

Correct Answer: A) Inhibitory.

20. Another term for a nerve impulse

Correct Answer: A) Action potential.