Nervous System Quiz 968 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following best describe how the nervous system works with other systems in the body?

Correct Answer: A) Stimulates organs and other body parts to perform their functions.

2. Moving your hand when you touch a cactus (stimulus).

Correct Answer: A) INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.

3. The message traveling IN a neuron is what type of signal?

Correct Answer: A) Electrical.

4. What is the most significant neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia?

Correct Answer: D) Dopamine.

5. On the average, nearly ..... ml of CSF are produced daily.

Correct Answer: B) 500.

6. Which of these are effectors?-an effector effects (brings about) a response

Correct Answer: D) Muscle and Gland.

7. Metabolic rates typically are ..... at higher temperature and ..... at lower temperature.

Correct Answer: B) Faster; slower.

8. The dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater are all parts of the

Correct Answer: B) Meninges.

9. The cranial nerves are part of which nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral.

10. Vision is controlled by the ..... lobe of the cerebrum.

Correct Answer: A) Occipital.

11. Which lobe deals with auditory information and speech?

Correct Answer: C) Temporal.

12. Primarily senses the internal environment and controls involuntary activities.

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system.

13. What raises the risk of Alzheimer's?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

14. Which lobe is responsible for emotions, personality, morality, intellect, and speech.

Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe.

15. Allows light to pass directly to photoreceptors in the retina to enhance visual acuity (details)

Correct Answer: B) Fovea.

16. What would happen if your cerebellum was damaged?

Correct Answer: A) You would lose balance.

17. Controls hearing, speaking coherently, and comprehension

Correct Answer: B) Temporal Lobe.

18. If your heartbeat stopped beating normally, your ..... is not functioning properly?

Correct Answer: B) Brain Stem.

19. Lipoid substance found in the myelin sheath around some nerve fibers.

Correct Answer: C) Myelin.

20. The electrical potential difference across across the resting membrane is called as:

Correct Answer: C) Resting potential.