Nervous System Quiz 602 (20 MCQs)

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1. The sense of hearing identifies different sounds.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Which of the following is NOT a typical early sign or symptom of a myocardial infarction?

Correct Answer: A) Bradycardia.

3. The ..... of the brain regulates the heart beat and breathing.

Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata.

4. The two names of the nervous system are what?

Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS).

5. ..... is connected with the dendrites of the motor neuron.

Correct Answer: B) Axon terminals of connector neuron.

6. Whitish, fatty material which insulates the axon of a nerve

Correct Answer: B) Myelin.

7. Surgical repair of the skull

Correct Answer: B) Cranioplasty.

8. -lysis

Correct Answer: C) Breakdown.

9. The node of Ranvier

Correct Answer: C) Allows diffusion into and out of the neuron.

10. The process of breaking down food into usable material for the body is called?

Correct Answer: A) Digestion.

11. Efferent is the "sensory" division which transmits information from the body and environment to the CNS (T/F)?

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. These neurons carry impulses FROM the body to the Central Nervous system

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

13. There are 5 different types neuroglia cells (T/F)?

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Which cranial nerve allows for lateral eye movement?

Correct Answer: C) Abducting.

15. Before vaccines and modern medicine, how were plagues actually stopped?

Correct Answer: B) Those that lived were immune, and everybody else died.

16. The peripheral nervous system contains

Correct Answer: D) All the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.

17. In the video you watched, we learned the name of a new part of the brain. This is:

Correct Answer: C) A calloused body.

18. The functioning of the olfactory system relies on .....

Correct Answer: C) Bipolar.

19. Describes the way an electrical impulse skips from node to node down the full length of an axon.

Correct Answer: A) Saltatory conduction.

20. Walking on hot sand would be an example of a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Stimulus.