Nervous System Quiz 90 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of neuroglial cell is found in the CNS and phagocytes bacteria and cellular debris?

Correct Answer: A) Microglial.

2. Glial cell type in the PNS that provides support for neurons in the ganglia.

Correct Answer: A) Satellite Cell.

3. If nerves appear white, they are covered with what fatty material?

Correct Answer: A) Myelin.

4. The area of the brain most associated with coordination and balance is the:

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

5. By the age of five, a child's brain reaches ..... % of its full weight.

Correct Answer: C) 90%.

6. Which best describes the relationship between antibodies and antigen?

Correct Answer: B) Antibodies are specific to one antigen.

7. Which system is responsible for voluntary actions like jumping?

Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system.

8. What does the Medulla Oblongata control?

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Functions.

9. Letter C represents the ..... (there are 2 C's in the diagram-they are the same thing)

Correct Answer: C) Receptor.

10. What are the layers of tissue called that protect the brain by surrounding it?

Correct Answer: C) Meninges.

11. The fingers bones are called

Correct Answer: C) Phalanges.

12. The paired cerebral hemispheres

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

13. It sends and revives messages, it is made up dendrites and axons.

Correct Answer: D) Neuron/Nerve Cell.

14. If an illness could be treated by increasing the activity of chemical synapses, which treatment would work?

Correct Answer: B) Inhibiting the "cleanup" enzyme.

15. Complete the seriesCerebellum:MusclesCerebrum:MemoryMedulla:?

Correct Answer: C) Involuntary Actions.

16. Bones need what to move?

Correct Answer: C) Muscles.

17. The hemispheres of the cerebrum are further divided into four lobes, the temporal, parietal, frontal, and occipital lobes.

Correct Answer: A) Fact.

18. Match the statement.'The exteroceptors receive information from ..... '

Correct Answer: C) Eyes, ears, skin.

19. The ..... division of the peripheral nervous system transmits impulses from sense organs to the central nervous system.

Correct Answer: C) Sensory.

20. Failure to maintain homeostasis could result:A. lack of internal balanceB. eventual deathC. difficulty carrying on metabolism D. all of the above

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.