Nervous System Quiz 719 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of neuron will only be found in the CNS?

Correct Answer: B) Bipolar Neuron.

2. Largest part of your brain, Controls your emotions and memory.

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

3. When you do not have control over something and can not decide when or how it does something, this would be considered .....

Correct Answer: D) Involuntary.

4. What is the nickname of the parasympathetic division?

Correct Answer: A) Rest and Digest.

5. All of the following cranial nerves carry sensory messages for taste except which one?

Correct Answer: D) CN VI.

6. Directly relays the action potential to the next neuron.

Correct Answer: A) Electrical Synapse.

7. The axon surrounded by fatty layer called .....

Correct Answer: A) Mylein sheath.

8. In resting potential, neurons have more ..... on the outside of the cell membrane.

Correct Answer: C) Na+.

9. What gives a myelinated axon a whitish appearance?

Correct Answer: B) Lipids.

10. The response to an infection. Causes the area to redden, swell, and feel warm.

Correct Answer: D) Inflammation.

11. Sensory neurons relay information from:

Correct Answer: A) Your senses to your brain.

12. What is the role of sensory neurons?

Correct Answer: D) Receive stimuli from sensory receptors.

13. Muscle coordination, balance, and posture are controlled by which part of the brain?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

14. What is the name of the location on the axon between each myelin sheath?

Correct Answer: B) Node of Ranvier.

15. Which structure of the brain controls balance and coordination?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

16. Which nervous system disease is associated with uncontrolled shaking, slowed movements, and problems with speaking?

Correct Answer: B) Parkinson's Disease.

17. A stronger stimulus does generate a stronger action potential.

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. What area of the brain controls conscious thought and higher thinking skills?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

19. Brain is delicate like

Correct Answer: B) Jelly.

20. Select the channels that are found only in the axon

Correct Answer: C) Voltage gated Na channels.