Nervous System Quiz 991 (20 MCQs)

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1. This neurotransmitter is the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter; plays a role in learning and memory; can strengthen or weaken signals between neurons
2. Question 10Information about your surroundings is collected by:(V the right answer)
3. Which of the following is not true about the cerebral cortex?
4. Part of the brain that controls the autonomic nervous system and manage homeostasis?
5. What inhibits a neuron from having a "rapid-fire" when stimulated repeatedly?
6. Which neurons send impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the other systems?
7. Which part of the brain controls movement?
8. Transparent part of the eye where light enters is called .....
9. Which from the list below is not one of the functions of skin?
10. Screaming due to fear is an example of a .....
11. If you call the LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART VENTRICLES, what do you call the upper chambers?
12. Right and left hemisphere memories are connected by the .....
13. Part of a neuron; it carries messages away from the cell body
14. Unlike your other sense, the sense of touch is not found in one place. It is in all areas of the skin.
15. A tough clear covering over the iris and pupil
16. A junction where information is transmitted from one neuron to the next.
17. What is the main function of the Central Nervous System?
18. If a person sustains damage to their frontal lobe the result could be loss of speech, but their personality should not be affected.(Sousa, 2017, p.16)
19. There are ..... pairs of cranial nervesand ..... pairs of spinal nerves.
20. Elastic and collagen fibers which adheres to the brain and spinal cord.