Nervous System Quiz 920 (20 MCQs)

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1. Active digestion, is a response controlled by which system?

Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic.

2. How the organism reacts to a stimulus. It is a change in behavior is the definition of

Correct Answer: A) A response.

3. Which of the following is NOT true of a reflex arc?

Correct Answer: B) It requires processing by the brain for a reaction to occur.

4. A receptor cell that responds to chemical stimuli such as smell and taste.

Correct Answer: D) Chemoreceptor.

5. Electrical Signals are called action potentials (T/F)?

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Luke did not clean his room and his mom stepped on a sharp Lego and screamed. In this case, the Lego represents a .....

Correct Answer: A) Stimulus.

7. Pyramidal cells are located in the ..... region.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebral cortex.

8. A sensory cranial nerve responsible for hearing and balance.

Correct Answer: D) Vestibulocochlear.

9. The functions of neuroglia include:

Correct Answer: D) All three options.

10. Rod cells and cone cells are located in the

Correct Answer: B) Retina.

11. The branch-like structures that receive impulses and conduct them to the cell body are .....

Correct Answer: A) Dendrites.

12. Which structures in the skin send impulses with information about temperature from the skin?

Correct Answer: C) Receptors.

13. Division of the autonomic nervous system that is fight or flight and increases your adrenaline

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic.

14. Reflexes can be .....

Correct Answer: D) Both b and c.

15. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to maintain a balanced state called .....

Correct Answer: B) Homeostasis.

16. ..... are white blood cells that remember previous pathogens.

Correct Answer: D) Memory Cells.

17. Which of the following make up the CNS?

Correct Answer: A) Brain and Spinal Cord.

18. Shingles infects what system

Correct Answer: A) Somatic sensory system (receptor to CNS).

19. This is the logical part of the brain

Correct Answer: A) Left Side.

20. What is one of the 2 divisions of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) PNS.