Nervous System Quiz 1034 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The cerebellum controls the .....

Correct Answer: A) Balance.

2. Broca's Area controls this.

Correct Answer: B) Lip and Tongue Movements.

3. Maintaining the amount of light your eyes let in is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis.

4. The brain has 3 major parts that are the ....., ..... and .....

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Medulla.

5. Which parts of the body are coordinated by the largest area of the somatosensory cortex?

Correct Answer: D) Hands and face.

6. Conducts impulses to the muscles of the neck and back

Correct Answer: B) Accessory.

7. What will be the frequency, if the string of a guitar is tight?

Correct Answer: B) High.

8. Which part of the brain controls human vision?

Correct Answer: C) Midbrain.

9. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Correct Answer: A) Also known as Lou Gehrig disease; affects nerves responsible for movement.

10. The location where tears are produced and eyes are moistened to clear foreign material

Correct Answer: A) Lacrimal Glands.

11. The organ of the nervous system with three parts that controls activities of the body is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

12. Reflexes (such as the knee-jerk reflex) occur when impulses travel from the muscle to the? and then back to the muscle

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

13. This system is under control of the nervous system and is sometimes called the secondary regulatory system.

Correct Answer: A) Endocrine system.

14. It controls all tha systems of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

15. A reaction that you do on purpose (you choose to do it).

Correct Answer: C) Voluntary response.

16. Smelling, hearing, processing, language, long term memory

Correct Answer: B) Temporal lobe.

17. This sticky fluid traps any pathogens that try and get in our body

Correct Answer: A) Mucous Lining.

18. The Central Nervous System is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid.

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. A local change in membrane potential that varies directly with the strength of the stimulus.

Correct Answer: A) Graded potential.

20. Skulls

Correct Answer: A) Skull.