Nervous System Quiz 1019 (20 MCQs)

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1. What part of the body controls vision and color perception?

Correct Answer: B) Occipital Lobe.

2. Space between neurons that contains a neurotransmitter

Correct Answer: C) Conclusion.

3. What is the control center for our nervous system and all body functions?

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

4. What is the correct sequence of structures that a sensory signal travels through in a normal response to a stimulus?

Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neuron, Spinal Cord, Brain, Motor Neurons, Muscle/glands.

5. True or False:The 2 main divisions of the nervous system are the central nervous system and the somatic nervous system

Correct Answer: B) False.

6. It controls and regulates everything our body does like breathing, eating, thinking.

Correct Answer: C) Brain.

7. What type of Neuron takes messages across the spinal cord

Correct Answer: C) Relay.

8. ..... is a nerve cell specialized for transferring messages.

Correct Answer: C) Neuron.

9. Which lobe is primarily responsible for processing and relaying visual cues from the eyes?

Correct Answer: D) Occipital Lobe.

10. There are 4 main parts of the brain

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. Which cranial nerve plays a role in the motor control of the heart & digestive organs?

Correct Answer: E) Vagus (CN X).

12. A major part of the central nervous system that acts as a major highway for messages travelling to and from the brain

Correct Answer: C) Spinal cord.

13. In testing the distant visual acuity of the patient, a result of 20/20 is considered to be a normal finding. What does the numerator represent?

Correct Answer: A) Distance in feet between the subject and the eye chart.

14. What is a nerve pathway that consists of a sensory neuron, an interneuron, and a motor neuron that the brain is not involved?

Correct Answer: A) Reflex arc.

15. Nerves are long thin fibres who send messages to the

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

16. Supporting cells within the CNS that produce myelin sheath:

Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes.

17. The spinal nerves run vertically and intersect both visceral and somatic areas of the body.

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. To relieve the pressure on the eardrum when scuba diving or flying in an airplane, one must force air into the .....

Correct Answer: A) Eustachian tube.

19. Which is the gateway of pain according to principal of pain sensation

Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord.

20. For most people, language functions are in the

Correct Answer: A) Brain's Left Hemisphere.