Nervous System Quiz 724 (20 MCQs)

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1. Voluntary responses

Correct Answer: A) Are controlled by the brain.

2. Which is "fight or flight", in the nervous system

Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic.

3. The ..... separates the two cerebellar hemispheres.

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellar fold.

4. Mr. Rudman speed walked 2 miles in 10 minutes, what is his speed?

Correct Answer: A) 0.2 miles/min.

5. The sympathetic system is responsible for your body's 'fight, flight, or fright' reaction.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Which glial cell is responsible for myelinating neurons in the PNS?

Correct Answer: A) Schwann.

7. Connects brain to spinal cord

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

8. Movements controlled by the spinal cord that are quick and unconscious

Correct Answer: D) Motor reflexes.

9. ..... reduces friction between the ends of the bones at your joints. It acts like a cushion for your joints when you jump.

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

10. These fight infection with phagosytosis.

Correct Answer: C) Microglia.

11. What is the body's internal transport system?

Correct Answer: A) Circulatory system.

12. Which division of the PNS conveys impulses FROM the CNS from the effector organs, muscles, and glands?

Correct Answer: A) Motor (efferent).

13. Voluntary actions, skeletal muscle are controlled by the

Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous system.

14. Select the correct structural classification

Correct Answer: C) Bipolar.

15. This part of the brain allows you to interpret your 5 senses.

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

16. Motor neuron is also called

Correct Answer: C) Efferent Neuron.

17. The neuron type that receives stimuli is the:

Correct Answer: B) Sensory neuron.

18. How is an action potential generated?

Correct Answer: A) Small area of nerve becomes positive causing a chain reaction.

19. What is plasma primarily made of?

Correct Answer: A) A yellowish fluid.

20. What sense is taste tied to?

Correct Answer: A) Sense of smell.