Nervous System Quiz 715 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following can be observed in a human whose cerebellum is damaged?

Correct Answer: D) Cannot walk on a rope.

2. The nervous system is our body's .....

Correct Answer: A) Command system.

3. The types of neurons that transmit information from your body and senses to your brain.

Correct Answer: B) Sensory Neurons.

4. This is when the nervous system activates effector organs (muscles and glands) to carry out a response.

Correct Answer: C) Output.

5. ..... Neurons pick up information and takes it to the brain

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

6. Which drug class interacts with many medications requiring a 14 day washout period before trying another treatment.

Correct Answer: D) MAOI.

7. Combining form that means brain

Correct Answer: B) Encephal/o.

8. Function of the nervous system

Correct Answer: A) Maintain homeostasis.

9. The spinal cord consists of .....

Correct Answer: E) 31-33 pairs.

10. A kid being afraid of the doctors office.

Correct Answer: A) Learned Behavior.

11. What type of synapse dominates the nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Chemical.

12. The sympathetic division

Correct Answer: A) Increases heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration.

13. Tick all the parts of the peripheral nervous system:

Correct Answer: C) Nerves.

14. Specializes in administering anesthesia but is not a physician.

Correct Answer: B) Anesthetist.

15. A disease associated with impaired color vision in humans:

Correct Answer: B) Colorblindness.

16. Which lobe of the brain is responsible for emotion, future planning, judgement, and muscle movements?

Correct Answer: D) Frontal Lobe.

17. The parts of the nervous system that process the information and decides what to do:

Correct Answer: C) Coordination centre/coordinator.

18. Internal stimuli is information collected from .....

Correct Answer: B) Inside the body.

19. What type of neuroglia help dispose of bacteria?

Correct Answer: B) Microglia.

20. Oligodendrocytes are usually found in the myelin sheath of neurons in the PNS.

Correct Answer: B) False.