Nervous System Quiz 73 (20 MCQs)

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1. Heartbeat would be accomplished by which branch of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic.

2. How many types of coordination are there in the human?

Correct Answer: B) 2.

3. Wrap around nerve fibers in CNS; produce myelin sheaths in CNS

Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes.

4. This part of the brain is the largest, controls sensory information, thinking/processing, and decision making

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

5. What is the largest nerve in the human body?

Correct Answer: B) The sciatic nerve.

6. Which statement about the PNS (peripheral nervous system) is incorrect

Correct Answer: A) Contains the brain and spinal cord.

7. Neurons typically have .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

8. Condition in which blood is trapped in the tissues of the brain

Correct Answer: C) Cerebral hematoma.

9. A CHEMICAL produced by neurons that carries messages to other neurons

Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitter.

10. In which lobe of the brain is Broca's area located?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

11. Reaction to a stimulus.

Correct Answer: A) Response.

12. Action under the control of spinal cord.

Correct Answer: B) Reflex action.

13. Line the inside of ventricles and cover choroid plexuses within the ventricles

Correct Answer: D) Ependymal.

14. Defect in the shape of the eye

Correct Answer: C) Astigmatism.

15. Cerebell/o

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

16. The nervous system consist of specialized cells called?

Correct Answer: A) Neurons.

17. The afferent division of the nervous system is also known as the ..... division.

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

18. -algia

Correct Answer: C) Painful.

19. We use this organ to smell things.

Correct Answer: B) Nose.

20. The autonomic nervous system has ..... neurons between brain or spinal cord and the target

Correct Answer: C) 3.