Nervous System Quiz 847 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the name for the outer layer of the cerebrum?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebral cortex.

2. Olfactory receptors are found in the .....

Correct Answer: A) Nose.

3. Decrease in sensation; impaired sense of feeling when touched; Loss of reflexes; Feeling of pain, tingling, or numbness are signs of

Correct Answer: A) Sensory Nerve Damage.

4. What happens to the flow of blood to the gut in the sympathetic system?

Correct Answer: C) Decreases.

5. The temporal lobe governs hearing, smell, learning, memory and emotional behavior.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. What is the name of the tree-like structure in the cerebellum visible in a midsagittal cut of the brain?

Correct Answer: B) The tree of Life.

7. There are ..... important parts of our brain.

Correct Answer: C) Three.

8. Which of the following areas of the brain is responsible for breathing and heart rate.

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

9. Which structure is functioned to speed up the conduction of nerve impulses?

Correct Answer: B) B.

10. Brain and spinal cord are parts of the ..... nervous system.

Correct Answer: C) Central.

11. True or False:Your muscles form a skeleton that gives shape to your body and supports it.

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. True or False:You have to constantly think about your breathing, heart rate, and digestive functions.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. What is the Somatic Nervous System responsible for?

Correct Answer: C) Conscious perception of the environment and voluntary responses.

14. A simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus, such as the knee-jerk response

Correct Answer: E) Reflex.

15. Which body system is the following statement true for? "It uses electrochemical (electrical and chemical) signals that are sent through nerves."

Correct Answer: A) Nervous System.

16. This part of the neuron stores then releases neurotransmitters into the synapse between two neurons.

Correct Answer: D) Axon Terminal/terminal buttons.

17. Your spinal cord is located in your .....

Correct Answer: C) Spine.

18. This is the gooey material that is clear and helps to give the eyeball its shape:

Correct Answer: B) Vitreous humor.

19. The part of the brain that contains the pons, medulla, and midbrain

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

20. Reflex action are controlled by the spinal curd

Correct Answer: A) False.