Nervous System Quiz 651 (20 MCQs)

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1. Neurons that bring information into the CNS are:

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

2. The ..... hemisphere of the brain is considered the academic and logical side.

Correct Answer: A) Left.

3. When an impulse leaves a neuronal pool to stimulate several others it is known as

Correct Answer: B) Divergence.

4. This portion of the brain is responsible for hunger, thirst, blood pressure and body temperature.

Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus.

5. These types of nerves cells are non conducting and are involved in structural support and metabolism.

Correct Answer: A) Glial cells.

6. The path of a message to the nerve cell is

Correct Answer: A) Dendrite, axon, nucleus.

7. What is the first part of the eye that light hits?

Correct Answer: D) Cornea.

8. Dendrites conduct impulses:

Correct Answer: A) Toward cell bodies.

9. Emergency condition in which the retina separates from the layer of blood vessels that supports it

Correct Answer: A) Retinal detachment.

10. The immediate action brought about in the body by a stimulus is:

Correct Answer: B) Reflex.

11. Which is the unique cell organalle of nerve cell?

Correct Answer: B) Nissl bodies.

12. The cell body contains

Correct Answer: C) Nucleus and cytoplasm.

13. Something in the environment that an organism can notice and react to.

Correct Answer: A) Stimulus.

14. The division of the nervous system that is generally self-regulating is called the ..... nervous system.

Correct Answer: C) Autonomic.

15. The following are effects of adrenaline on the body EXCEPT (choose the INCORRECT one)

Correct Answer: D) Heart beat becomes slower.

16. Which human body system is responsible for detecting, processing, and responding to stimuli?

Correct Answer: B) Nervous.

17. A man is suffering from abnormally low body temperature, loss of appetite and extreme thirst. His brain scan is liable to show tumour in .....

Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus.

18. The parasympathetic nervous system mainly releases the neurotransmitter ..... as opposed to nor-epinephrine.

Correct Answer: D) Acetylcholine.

19. What information does the olfactory complex receive?

Correct Answer: B) Smell.

20. Which of the following structures is responsible for breathing?

Correct Answer: B) Pons.