Nervous System Quiz 737 (20 MCQs)

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1. The part of the brain that controls balance and coordination is the .....
2. Definition:a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.
3. The joint with a rounded end of bone fitting snug within another bone.
4. What is the name of the thin layer of gray matter on the outermost layer of the cerebrum that contains 75% of the neurons in the nervous system?
5. Which of the following structures provides output from the basal ganglia?
6. Mechanoreceptors are sensitive to
7. This is the smallest part of the brain stem.
8. This part of the brain plans the muscle movements required for words, then sends the appropriate impulses to the primary motor cortex.
9. Repolarization begins with the opening of ..... channels.
10. What is an ion?
11. Nicotine can penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
12. The cartilage of the outer ear is called
13. These are positively charged and have a higher concentration outside of a nerve cell at rest
14. The most serious injuries that can occur in the nervous system are:
15. The structural and the functional unit of the nervous system is the .....
16. What does the sympathetic nervous system do?
17. It is the movement of the deoxygenated blood from the heart and into the lungs
18. This causes a rise or drop in blood pressure and it sends impulses to blood vessels causing them to dilate or constrict.
19. These are types of blood cells:
20. Passing of urine at night