Nervous System Quiz 791 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Sensory Division of the Nervous System is .....
2. The adrenal cortex, secretes steroid hormones but the inner core, the adrenal medulla, is essentially a sympathetic ganglion.
3. Which of the following is not included in the classification of the 3 major parts of the brain?
4. Dementia usually occurs between the ages of 15-35 yrs.
5. Motor Nerves and Cranial Nerves
6. The most numerous of all glial cells are:
7. If you were looking at an individual eyeball during a dissection and it was flat, what likely happened?
8. An action potential will travel along the entire length of the neuron or it doesn't happen at all; there is no partial response
9. What are the two major parts of the human body that make up the central nervous system?
10. A neuron with many short dendrites and one long axon is a
11. Sensory organs do what?
12. How can they be distinguished from other body cells?
13. Nerves in this division of the PNS send messages to your muscles and glands to carry out the orders issued by the brain.
14. Which statement is wrong?
15. These are doughnut-shaped bones that protect our spinal cord.
16. Processes received information and coordinates the body's response
17. Which type of neuron carries impulses from the CNS to the viscera, muscles & glands?
18. True or False. The pituitary gland serves as the connection between the nervous and the endocrine system. Thus, all the information gathered by the brain will be sent to the pituitary in order to activate a certain gland.
19. Which sensory modality is categorized as special senses?
20. Nerves are made up of cells called