Nervous System Quiz 547 (20 MCQs)

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1. Frontal Lobe

Correct Answer: A) Controls motor function; voluntary muscles.

2. The autoomic nervous system is responsible for sending signals to the skin/muscles.

Correct Answer: B) False.

3. Neurotransmitters are released from .....

Correct Answer: B) Synaptic vesicles.

4. What kind of neuron is this?

Correct Answer: C) Multipolar.

5. Association neurons; located in the CNS ; analyze sensory information and decide how to respond

Correct Answer: D) Interneurons.

6. This is a long extension of cytoplasm that conducts nerve impulses along a neuron

Correct Answer: B) Axon.

7. Which division of The nervous system initiate a response known as fight and flight mode

Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system.

8. Afferent neurons are..... neurons.

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

9. Visceral sensory nerves carry information from the internal organs of the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. The largest part of the brain located in the front of the skull; it has two hemispheres; controls thinking, memory, speaking, and movement

Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System.

11. A measure of the charge difference across the cell membrane.

Correct Answer: C) Potential difference.

12. Which part of the neuron controls all functions of the cell?

Correct Answer: D) Cell body.

13. Which components of neuronal membranes allow for action potentials?

Correct Answer: A) Ion channels.

14. Which part of the brain controls visual processing?

Correct Answer: D) Occipital.

15. The term asymptomatic means

Correct Answer: B) Without any symptoms.

16. Wernicke's area is said to be responsible for speech ....., whereas Broca's area is involved in speech .....

Correct Answer: D) Comprehension; production.

17. Which of the following is the correct order in which light travels through the eye?

Correct Answer: D) Cornea, Pupil, Lens, Retina, Optic Nerve.

18. Messages are carried to and from the central and peripheral nervous systems through what?

Correct Answer: B) Nerves.

19. Where are the Brain Stem and Medulla located?

Correct Answer: C) The bottom of the brain (grey).

20. Sensory neurons (like those in the skin) enter the ..... side of spinal column

Correct Answer: A) Dorsal.