Nervous System Quiz 926 (20 MCQs)

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1. The CNS is almost all .....
2. Connected to spinal cord, this controls heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure & digestion.
3. The brain is not involved in controlling the emergency actions is called .....
4. Non-neural tissue that forms the supporting elements of the CNS
5. What is a symptom of a stroke?
6. Part of the brainstem between the pons and the spinal cord
7. Name the 3 bones in your ear
8. Each region of this regulates the flow of information between the brain and the rest of the body.
9. This is the centre for intellingence and memory
10. What is our 'blind spot?'
11. Where are interneurons found?
12. Sensory neurons entering the spinal cord
13. Part of the neuron that transmits electrical messages away from the cell body. It is also responsible for transmitting neurotransmitters to the axon terminals
14. This part of the brain controls and regulates visceral functions?
15. Which structural classification of the nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord?
16. What does the fluid in the inner ear do?
17. The junction where two neurons come together is called a
18. Hangs from the anterior floor of the hypothalamus by a slender stalk. Sometimes called the "master" gland of the endocrine system, because it controls the functions of all the other endocrine glands.
19. What does a nerve cell do?
20. Subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that involuntarily regulates the activity of smooth and cardiac muscles and glands: