Nervous System Quiz 877 (20 MCQs)

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1. Of the 3 types of muscle, which is found in hollow organs and around blood vessels.

Correct Answer: C) Smooth Muscle.

2. Which function of the nervous system processes and interprets information gathered by sensory receptors?

Correct Answer: C) Integrating Function.

3. It is the conduction of signals from sensory receptors, such as lightdetecting cells of the eye to the CNS

Correct Answer: A) Sensory input.

4. A bundle of neurons is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Nerve.

5. What is the important of Human Nervous System?

Correct Answer: A) Control system in body coordination.

6. Neuron processes that convey incoming messages (electrical signals) toward the cell body. neurons may have hundreds of dendrites (dendr = tree)

Correct Answer: D) Dendrites.

7. The electrical charge across the membrane of a neuron in its resting state

Correct Answer: A) Resting potential.

8. A nerve that takes in stimuli from the outside world is known as a

Correct Answer: A) Sensory neuron.

9. What are chemicals that transmit an impulse across a synapse?

Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitter.

10. The nervous system exhibits all of these functions EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: B) Storing calcium.

11. Middle meningeal and is web like

Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid mater.

12. Which organs perform their function by having hair cells immersed in a jelly with calcium carbonate crystals?

Correct Answer: A) Utricle and saccule.

13. Swelling of the covering of the brain and spinal cord

Correct Answer: C) Meningitis.

14. The part of the central nervous system that is located in the skull and controls most functions in the body.

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

15. It is a hormone secreted by the adrenal gland.

Correct Answer: B) Adrenal.

16. When a neuron is not firing, it's in .....

Correct Answer: B) Resting potential.

17. Membrane pumps require..... energy.

Correct Answer: B) A lot of.

18. The central nervous system comprises ..... and .....

Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord.

19. Which of the following would be passed through sensory neurons?

Correct Answer: C) Smelling dinner cooking.

20. The nervous system consists of nerve cells called:

Correct Answer: B) Neurons.