Nervous System Quiz 824 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is the main organ of the Nervous System?
2. It controls the right side of the body. It is in charge of logic, science and math.
3. The region connecting the brain to the spinal cord, responsible for basic life functions like breathing and heartbeat
4. There are 5 pairs of ..... nerves.
5. Part of the brain used to make your heart beat.
6. Which imaging system is suitable to detect hemorrhagic stroke in the brain?
7. Which lobe of the brain is in charge of the higher executive functions (self-control)?
8. Facial sensation, Tongue sensation, Open/close jaw
9. What is the difference between a reflex and a normal response?
10. Which faculty was not associated with phrenology?
11. *BONUS* There are over ..... different kinds of nerve cells in the average body. (Think hard and don't yell at me if you get it wrong because it makes sense and its a trick question)
12. Tyler pulled his arm and hand away from a hot light bulb. Which list below correctly traces the path of the nerve impulse?
13. Simplest response to a stimulus
14. Which neurons send the stimulus to the effector muscle?
15. The part of the ear that vibrates when sound strikes it is the?
16. Saltatory conduction of a nerve impulse occurs only along myelinated axons.
17. Which side of the synapse contains ligand-gated ion channels?
18. What is increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms?
19. What does the root word noci-mean?
20. An involuntary, automatic response to a stimulus.