Nervous System Quiz 823 (20 MCQs)

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1. The part of the neuron that conducts impulses away from its cell body is called:
2. Dopamine and Serotonin are examples of .....
3. What is the function of microglia glial cells in the nervous system?
4. You are learning something new this year based on something you learned in a previous class last year. This causes you to remember, apply, and solve new problems using analysis and logic. You are using this part of your brain.
5. The gaps in the myelin sheath are
6. Visual processing unit
7. What is an automatic response that occurs very rapidly and without conscious control? They help to protect your body, such as blinking your eyelids in response to something.
8. How do messages travel along a neuron?
9. Each nerve cell has a CELL BODY. On one side of the cell body are short and slender fibers called DENDRITES that receive messages and carry them to the cell body. From the cell body, the messages travel down to the AXON which transmits the messages away from the cell body to the next neuron. Some axons are about three feet long while others are very short.
10. Vertebral column has how many rings?
11. Support, insulate, and protect
12. This anticonvulsant is related to sulfas, and should be avoided in those with sulfa allergies.
13. The function of the epidermis is to
14. Part of the nervous system that is located in the skull and controls most functions in the body
15. The area of the brain that interprets visual stimuli is found in the
16. In an emergency, the sympathetic nervous system causes which of the following to happen?
17. What is the gap between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrite of the next neuron called?
18. Helps regulate body temperature, certain metabolic processes and other autonomic activities.
19. Combining form that means meninges
20. ..... are fast-moving electrical messages that travel along nerve cells.