Nervous System Quiz 1015 (20 MCQs)

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1. A disease that usually starts with mild memory loss but progresses to a complete inability to care for oneself. The brain's neurons are dying.

Correct Answer: A) Alzheimer's Disease.

2. A disease which the immune system 'autoimmune' eats away at the protective coverings of nerves

Correct Answer: B) Multiple Sclerosis.

3. The three stages of cell signalling are

Correct Answer: B) Reception, transduction, and response.

4. Gaps between neurons are.....

Correct Answer: B) Synapses.

5. The part of the bone that makes red blood cells.

Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow.

6. Feeling of calm, is a response controlled by which system?

Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic.

7. I will touch your face with cotton wool

Correct Answer: C) I will touch your face with cotton.

8. Sensory nerve cells found in the spinal cord In what position?

Correct Answer: D) Upper roots.

9. What is the uppermost layer of the brain that contains 4 lobes?

Correct Answer: C) Cerebrum.

10. Olfactory nerves (one of the 12 cranial nerves) are sensory nerves that:

Correct Answer: A) Takes in scent information.

11. What type of cell or tissue transmits impulses (signals) around the body?

Correct Answer: C) Nerve.

12. How is a nerve impulse transmitted across a synapse?

Correct Answer: D) Chemicals called neurotransmitters.

13. Which nervous system carries out the following scenario:Solving the expression 2+ 5

Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System.

14. What muscle is only found in the heart?

Correct Answer: A) Cardiac.

15. Inorganic elements that come from the soil and water

Correct Answer: A) Minerals.

16. What are the hemispheres of the brain held together by?

Correct Answer: A) Callous body.

17. The message continues as an electrical impulse from one neuron to the next carrying the information to the brain.

Correct Answer: A) True.

18. A doctor or scientist who studies the nervous system is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) Neurologist.

19. A signal molecule that binds to a plasma-membrane protein is a

Correct Answer: A) Ligand.

20. MRI

Correct Answer: C) Magnetic and radiofrequency waves create images of the brain and spinal cord tissue.