Nervous System Quiz 1025 (20 MCQs)

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1. Damage to the prefrontal cortex would most likely result in

Correct Answer: A) Diminished planning abilities.

2. Which of the following is NOT a degenerative disease?

Correct Answer: B) Bell's palsy.

3. The somatic nervous system innervates the skeletal system and is .....

Correct Answer: D) Voluntary.

4. ..... maintain the balance of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

5. What dose the Mollusk have?

Correct Answer: C) Brain Nerve Cord.

6. Which characteristic of a neuron determines the speed of action potential conducted down the axon?

Correct Answer: D) The amount of myelination present along the axon.

7. Which is the one responsible for producing and releasing melatonin?

Correct Answer: B) Pineal gland.

8. These contain receptors that detect motion of the head.

Correct Answer: D) Semicircular canals.

9. Acts as a relay station for sensory information, directing it to the appropriate areas of the brain for processing

Correct Answer: A) Thalamus.

10. What organ involve in the secretion of insulin?

Correct Answer: A) Liver.

11. Which letter is pointing to the soma?

Correct Answer: B) B.

12. Bipolar disorder is similar to schizophrenia in that researchers suspect that both include trouble with the neurotransmitter

Correct Answer: A) Dopamine.

13. What's in the center of a bone

Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow.

14. Which part of the brain connects to the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem.

15. Axon terminals are filled with tiny sacs, or vesicles, that contain chemical messengers called .....

Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitters.

16. The brain and spinal cord are protected by membranes known as the .....

Correct Answer: B) Meninges.

17. Light enters the eye through a thin membrane called the

Correct Answer: D) Cornea.

18. Most posterior part of the cerebrum, this process visual information:

Correct Answer: A) Occipital lobe.

19. The spreading of cancerous cells is called

Correct Answer: A) Metastasis.

20. Destruction of a nerve

Correct Answer: A) Neurolysis.