Nervous System Quiz 811 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ability to undergo an action potential in response to a stimulus.

Correct Answer: B) Excitability.

2. The spaces or gaps between the myelin sheath of an axon are called:

Correct Answer: B) Nodes of Ranvier.

3. Name the the three main parts of the brain

Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum cerebellum medulla.

4. Finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients

Correct Answer: D) Villi.

5. The middle ear consists of .....

Correct Answer: B) Ossicles and eardrum.

6. Send information from the brain or spinal cord to body parts.

Correct Answer: E) Motor neurons.

7. Which of the following is an internal stimulus?

Correct Answer: B) Being hungry (lack of nutrients).

8. Inflammation of the middle ear; one of the most common pediatric illnesses

Correct Answer: A) Otitis media.

9. In the PNS, bundles of axons are known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Nerves.

10. TRUE or FALSE? AUDITORY receptors detect light.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. You are getting physical therapy and told you will have to practice ROM for your injured arm. You understand that ROM stands for:

Correct Answer: A) Range of motion.

12. Connects central nervous system to organs and limbs

Correct Answer: D) Peripheral Nervous System.

13. Pain in the calves

Correct Answer: A) Calf pain.

14. What is the English Meaning of the Medical Term Esthenia [ ESTHENIA ]?

Correct Answer: C) Feeling or Sensation.

15. Which sense organ reacts to pressure, pain, hot and cold temperatures?

Correct Answer: A) SKIN.

16. The basic unit of the nervous system is a/an .....

Correct Answer: A) Neuron.

17. What kind of receptors enable the sense of smell?

Correct Answer: D) Chemoreceptors.

18. Which nervous system disease is genetic and can cause tumors to form on nerve tissue?

Correct Answer: B) Neurofibromatosis.

19. Part of the brain below the thalamus and forming the floor of the third ventricle

Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus.

20. Type of CVA that occurs when a weakened blood vessel, such as an aneurysm, ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding tissue of the brain

Correct Answer: A) Hemorrhagic stroke.