Nervous System Quiz 672 (20 MCQs)

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1. Sally got hit in the head with a soccer ball. She now has lost the ability to shrug her shoulders (trapezius). The nerve most likely damaged is the .....
2. What's the iris?
3. What is true about glial cells?
4. The ..... system is a group of structures that are responsible for motivation, emotion, learning and memory
5. Meningomyelocele
6. Lobe used for hearing and smell
7. The part of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body is the
8. What vital activities does the brainstem control?
9. Identify parts of the EYE (red area)
10. Gaps in myelin sheath along the axon
11. Which glial cell is responsible for cleaning up and disposing of debris?
12. Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter?
13. Like a traffic cop directing car divers through a busy intersection, your nervous system directs your .....
14. This is when the nervous system processes and interprets sensory information and determines what should be done at that moment.
15. The gap between two neurons is called?
16. While checking in your patient at the doctor's office, you need to document your patient's Weight of 220. How would you do that?
17. The sympathetic division is referred to as this term because its nerve fibers exit the spinal column in the chest and abdominal regions:
18. Which part of the brain helps you keep your balance?
19. Rapid change in polarity across the axon membrane as the nerve impulse occurs.
20. Impulses can travel back and forth along the same neuron chain.