Nervous System Quiz 742 (20 MCQs)

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1. Cranial nerve I, carries sensory information about smell:

Correct Answer: A) Olfactory.

2. An electrical impulse is carried by the:

Correct Answer: A) Axons.

3. What is the electrical message called that is conducted along a neuron?

Correct Answer: D) Impulse.

4. This area of the brain includes the epithalamus, thalamus, metathalamus, and the hypothalams; also known as the interbrain.

Correct Answer: A) Diencephalon.

5. Which type of neuron causes a muscle to contract in a reflex arc?

Correct Answer: A) Motor Neuron.

6. The Na+/K+ pump helps a muscle cell maintain a state of:

Correct Answer: C) Resting membrane potential.

7. The diagram represents a simple reflex arc. What is the sequence of nerve cells through which an impulse passes during a reflex action?

Correct Answer: D) D.

8. Rib Cage Has ..... Pair Of Ribs

Correct Answer: A) 12.

9. GABA is a neurotransmitter which has an .....

Correct Answer: A) Inhibitory effect on the post synaptic cell.

10. Which part of the peripheral nervous system controls only involuntary responses of the body?

Correct Answer: D) Autonomic nervous system.

11. Which of the following will occur when the stimulus depolarize the axon membrane?

Correct Answer: D) Membrane potential changes from resting potential to action potential.

12. Reaction shown by an organism is called

Correct Answer: D) Response.

13. What does ALS stand for?

Correct Answer: D) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

14. Involuntary movement of muscles

Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system.

15. The function of dendrite in the neuron is

Correct Answer: C) Receive impulse from outside of neuron.

16. What tubelike structure sends signals to and from the brain?

Correct Answer: C) The Spinal Cord.

17. The Temporal Lobe is Responsible For Memory.

Correct Answer: A) True.

18. What is the part of a neuron that is the source of electrical impulses?

Correct Answer: B) Cell Body.

19. The speed of transmission of a nerve impulse is affected by the

Correct Answer: C) Presence of the myelin sheath.

20. Motor nerves are classified as being .....

Correct Answer: A) They will bring it out.