Nervous System Quiz 624 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the medical term for nearsightedness?
2. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling conscious thought?
3. Is found in between the cerebrum and cerebellum
4. What is the brain region that helps maintain balance?
5. This is composed of Sensory and Motor Neurons everywhere in the body EXCEPT brain and spinal cord
6. What does the Auditory nerve do?
7. Autonomic dysreflexia is a condition that occurs in people with spinal cord injuries above the T6 level. It is characterized by a sudden and dangerous increase in blood pressure in response to a noxious stimulus below the level of injury.
8. Which type of nerve carries messages to your spinal cord and brain?
9. Rods detect ..... and cones detect .....
10. If myo means muscle, then myopathy would be:
11. Bulge from the floor of the hypothalamus posterior to the pituitary gland. Reflex centers involved in olfaction (sense of smell)
12. If your body is in its normal state, homeostasis, it's because this area of the brain is monitoring the internal systems to keep it so.
13. The right side is in charge of .....
14. What is the minimum level of a stimulus needed to cause an impulse called?
15. *THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN NEURON AND CELL IS CALLED A SYNAPATIC CLEFT
16. Calming neurotransmitter; inhibits neurons from firing
17. Depolarization of a membrane is begins with the
18. The function of myelin sheath in neuron is
19. What part of your brain controls your involuntary muscle function?
20. Neurons have an extremely high metabolic rate which means they cannot live for more than a few minute without oxygen (T/F)?