Nervous System Quiz 542 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which division of the nervous system is responsible for sending signals from the eyes to the brain?
2. Which of the following is NOT part of the neuron?
3. What is the significance of the blood-brain barrier?
4. Behavior that comes from an event or stimulus
5. Which organs help you convert sounds into electrical impulses that your brain can interpret?
6. Part of the diencephalon that controls temperature and hunger
7. Homeostasis is a state reach when each part of the body functions in ..... with other parts.
8. Which of the following are controlled in the frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex?
9. The space between nerve cells is called the
10. Information coming into your body; a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
11. This region of the brain interprets speech.
12. The Fight, flight or freeze response is associated with which nervous system?
13. These disorders are caused by injuries.
14. Which of the following is not a general sense?
15. ..... connects sensory to motor neurons.
16. What is the cluster of cell bodies in the CNS called?
17. A ..... is made up of a cell body, dendrite, and axon.
18. Occurs when a stimulus temporarily changes the permeability of the neuron membrane and sodium ions rush into the cell; membrane polarity is changed
19. Which of the following divisions of the nervous system control voluntary muscle movements?
20. Which organ keeps food from entering your trachea lungs?