Nervous System Quiz 749 (20 MCQs)

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1. A strong connective tissue that holds movable joints together, bone to bone connection:

Correct Answer: C) Ligament.

2. A MRI scan allows neuroscientists to see .....

Correct Answer: B) The structure of the brain.

3. Make myelin and insulate the axon for saltatory conduction.

Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes/Schwann's Cells.

4. What is the role of the cerebellum?

Correct Answer: C) Balance & Posture.

5. In the stimulus-response model, recall which part performs the body's response.

Correct Answer: C) Effectors.

6. The right side of your brain controls the left side of your body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. Cerebral spinal fluid flows between the .....

Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid membrane and pia mater.

8. Describe the pathway of a reflex arc in response to a stimulus.

Correct Answer: A) Sensory receptor, sensory neuron, spinal cord/brain, motor neuron, effector.

9. What is the function of the outer ear?

Correct Answer: A) To collect and direct sound waves into the ear canal.

10. Carries the impulse from the CNS to the effector organ.

Correct Answer: D) Motor Division.

11. What protects our brain?

Correct Answer: C) Skull.

12. It receives messages and has many short branched extensions.

Correct Answer: D) Dendrite.

13. Spinal cord originates from medulla and extends till

Correct Answer: A) Lower end of back bone.

14. A nerve cell transfers messages as

Correct Answer: B) Electrical energy.

15. Gaps in the myelin sheath are known as Nodes of Rasmussen.

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. Disease caused by autoimmune damage to the myelin of the spinal cord

Correct Answer: C) Multiple sclerosis.

17. ..... helps warm the human body when we are cold.

Correct Answer: B) Shivering.

18. Which structure is responsible for balance?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

19. It is the building blocks of the nervous system, also known as neurons.

Correct Answer: B) NERVE CELLS.

20. Gray matter consists mainly of densely packed .....

Correct Answer: A) Nerve cell bodies.