Nervous System Quiz 722 (20 MCQs)

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1. There are this many pairs of nerves originate from the spinal cord

Correct Answer: B) 31.

2. A receptor in your body detects a stimulus, where does the impulse travel?

Correct Answer: C) Along a sensory neuron.

3. The motor division carries impulses

Correct Answer: A) From the CNS.

4. What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?

Correct Answer: B) Transverse waves.

5. End of the axon where signal gets transferred to the next neuron.

Correct Answer: D) Synaptic terminal.

6. This duct extends almost to apex of cochlea.

Correct Answer: D) Cochlear duct.

7. Which organs form the central nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Brain and spinal cord.

8. What makes up nerves?

Correct Answer: B) Neurons.

9. Most neurons in the human body are .....

Correct Answer: A) Multipolar.

10. The "little brain" attached to the rear of the brainstem; it functions to help you maintain coordination and balance:

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

11. How many bones are there in our skull and ribcage?

Correct Answer: A) Skull-30 ribcage-12.

12. Neurotransmitter secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress. Also known as adrenaline.

Correct Answer: A) Epinephrine.

13. True or False:A neuron cell has a nucleus

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. Combining form that means medulla oblongata

Correct Answer: A) Medull/o.

15. All functions of the cerebellum are concerned with

Correct Answer: D) Movement.

16. What SUFFIX goes with the meaning "abnormal condition" ?

Correct Answer: A) -osis.

17. Parasympathetic system is dominates in "fight or flight" situation.

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. May develop after an event during which the person felt intense fear, helplessness, or horror.

Correct Answer: B) Post-traumatic stress.

19. We interact with our enviroment using .....

Correct Answer: B) Our senses and the nervous and locomotor systems.

20. What is function frontal lobe of brain?

Correct Answer: A) Reasoning and thought.