Nervous System Quiz 101 (20 MCQs)

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1. The process of bone formation is called:

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

2. Cones on your retina help see

Correct Answer: A) Color.

3. Rounded bulge on underside of brainstem

Correct Answer: B) Pons.

4. How many ringed shape bones vertabral column have?

Correct Answer: C) 33.

5. Damage to the spinal tissue can lead to:

Correct Answer: A) Paralysis.

6. Which structure connects the Brain to the Peripheral Nervous System, while also directing some of the body's reflexes?

Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord.

7. What is the function of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

Correct Answer: A) Carry messages to the CNS.

8. What type PNS controls jumping, walking, talking?

Correct Answer: B) Somatic.

9. What is the outer most most covering of the CNS?

Correct Answer: C) Dura mater.

10. Which of the following is a pigment that colors the skin?

Correct Answer: B) Melanin.

11. The outermost layer of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and senses, is the:

Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum tagsMS-LS1.8.

12. The ear has 2 main functions. They are hearing and:

Correct Answer: A) Balance.

13. Occipital lobe?

Correct Answer: C) Controls eyesight.

14. A type of receptor that detects heat and changes in temperature, located mainly in the skin and muscles

Correct Answer: D) Thermo-receptors.

15. To improve the accuracy if an experiment as scientist should:

Correct Answer: B) Use digital equipment and small units of measurement.

16. What type neurons gather data?

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

17. Paralysis of both lower limbs

Correct Answer: B) Paraplegia.

18. The cytoplasmic extensions that provide the main receptive surface for neurons are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Dendrites.

19. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands

Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system.

20. The Occipital lobe of the brain is possibly damaged if you have trouble .....

Correct Answer: C) Blurry or double vision.