Nervous System Quiz 573 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following do scientists believe is responsible for your personality?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe.

2. Which of the following nerve impulses travels the fastest?

Correct Answer: D) An impulse signaling limb position.

3. A typical reflex arc begins with stimulation of what?

Correct Answer: B) Receptor.

4. The nervous system involves the use of both electrical signals (nerve impulses) and chemical signals (neurotransmitters).

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

5. Includes all nerves outside of the Central Nervous System, which are the car drivers

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System.

6. Sympathetic nervous system is a part ofcentral nervous system.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. Clouding of the eye's lens occurs in

Correct Answer: C) Cateracts.

8. This system promotes the FIGHT OR FLIGHT response

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic.

9. What is the job of the olfactory cells?

Correct Answer: B) To process smells in your nose.

10. Which part of the nervous is needed to react to stress?

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic NS.

11. The coloured circle in the eye is known as

Correct Answer: A) Iris.

12. Neurons that function to connect neurons to other neurons in the central nervous system are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Connector.

13. An undersupply of this neurotransmitter is associated with paralysis and Alzheimer's disease.

Correct Answer: C) Acetylcholine.

14. -orexia=

Correct Answer: B) Appetite.

15. What is the function of the motor nerves?

Correct Answer: B) Carry impulses from the brain or other nerve centers to the muscles.

16. The visual cortex is an example of a collection of neurons with a shared function, which is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Center.

17. The end point of the neuron where neurotransmitters are stored

Correct Answer: C) Axon terminal.

18. A large, sack-like organ that churns the food and bathes it in a very strong gastric acid.

Correct Answer: A) Stomach.

19. Approximately how many muscles is the human body made up of?

Correct Answer: A) 600.

20. The upper, mountain like ridges on the surface of the brain

Correct Answer: C) Gyri.