Nervous System Quiz 681 (20 MCQs)

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1. In most cases, adrenergic fibers release neurotransmitters that cause body processes to
2. How many sodium ions leave the cell with one movement of the sodium potassium pump?
3. The limbic system is located in the ..... of the brain and helps with mood and .....
4. The spinal cord extends from T1 to L1.
5. What type of glial cell is the resident macrophage behind the blood-brain barrier?
6. The number of cranial nerves in a mammal including man is
7. You can test this nerve by asking the patient to crease their forehead
8. What functions is the temporal lobe responsible for?
9. The muscles you cannot control are called .....
10. What nervous system ailment destroys the motor neurons in the gray matter of the spinal cord and the brain which affects the muscles of the limbs and the muscles controlling breathing and swallowing?
11. This is a function of the cerebrum that has to do with impulses associated with seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
12. The visual sensory information is received in the brain in
13. Which division of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for action in an emergency?
14. The part of the nervous system that contains cells that carry information from the central nervous system is .....
15. The lowest part of the brain.
16. Balance, coordination and voluntary muscle control
17. What is the difference between the walls of the blood vessels and the blood-brain barrier?
18. What happens to a dendrite or axon if it is cut?
19. What does the Auditory canal do?
20. NERVOUS SYSTEM PARTS