Nervous System Quiz 951 (20 MCQs)

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1. When the doctors taps below your knee to check your reflexes, he is checking what type of reflex?

Correct Answer: B) Monosynaptic.

2. Combining form that means to bruise

Correct Answer: D) Contus.

3. Motor branch of a spinal nerve by which it connects with the spinal cord

Correct Answer: A) Ventral root.

4. Which of the following would be considered part of the peripheral nervous system

Correct Answer: D) Dendrites found in cardiac tissue.

5. An organ that serves as the center of the nervous system.

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

6. Identify F, the white of the eye

Correct Answer: A) Sclera.

7. Disease caused by an inflammation of the meninges caused by bacteria or virus and spreads into the nerve tissue of the Central Nervous System.

Correct Answer: D) Meningitis.

8. The cells responsible for taste are called

Correct Answer: B) Gustatory Cells.

9. This structure sends images to the brain so we see the image correctly.

Correct Answer: B) Optic Nerve.

10. Which of the following transmits information from the spinal cord to the extremities of the body?

Correct Answer: A) Ventral roots.

11. Incoming sensory impulses are filtered by the

Correct Answer: B) Reticular formation.

12. The part of the central nervous system that decodes the information from nerve impulses and decides if a response is needed is .....

Correct Answer: A) The brain.

13. Which part of the nervous system controls involuntary body functions?

Correct Answer: C) Autonomic nervous system.

14. What happens if the threshold potential is not met by a graded potential?

Correct Answer: B) The signal will dissipate without creating an action potential.

15. Which part of the brain helps you balance and coordinate movements?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

16. What part of the nervous system is activated when you get sleey when you are full?

Correct Answer: D) Parasympathetic.

17. Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing

Correct Answer: D) Thalamus.

18. What are general sensory receptors typically made of?

Correct Answer: B) Modified nerve endings of sensory neurons.

19. The resting membrane potential of a neuron is approximately .....

Correct Answer: A) -70 mV.

20. Which type of nerve cell sends messages from the brain to the muscles and tissues in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Motor.