Nervous System Quiz 109 (20 MCQs)

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1. Two divisions of the nervous system.

Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system and peripheral nervous system.

2. Attached to bones

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

3. What are the neurons that carry information to the brain called?

Correct Answer: C) Sensory neurons.

4. The lobe of the brain primarily tasked with problem solving and reasoning skills.

Correct Answer: D) Frontal lobe.

5. Which system is made up of all the nerves in the body?

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System.

6. Which part of the brain controls involuntary actions like breathing and heart beat?

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

7. The synapse is for communication between individual neurons (or neuron/gland or neuron/muscle cell communication).

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. During the 'fight or flight' response, your body releases adrenaline, allowing you to escape or protect yourself from a perceived threat.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. What is the purpose of neurons

Correct Answer: C) Neurons transmit messages throughout the body.

10. This branch of the Peripheral Nervous System is responsible for involuntary responses and has 2 subdivisions.

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic Nervous System.

11. ..... carry impulses from the environment or from other neurons toward the cell body

Correct Answer: A) Dendrites.

12. What is the state of a neuron when it is not engaged in an impulse?

Correct Answer: A) Resting potential.

13. A Synapse is in the middle of a cell and a

Correct Answer: A) Neuron.

14. The cerebrum consists of 2 halves, each controls the side that it is on

Correct Answer: B) False.

15. ..... is released by your pancreas when blood glucose levels get too high.

Correct Answer: D) Insulin.

16. The skeletal muscles are controlled by the ..... nervous system.

Correct Answer: B) Somatic.

17. What is the name of the glial cells that act as phagocytes to aid in protecting CNS neurons?

Correct Answer: A) Microglia.

18. They are our body's chemical messengers. They carry messages from one nerve cell across a space to the next nerve, muscle or gland cell.

Correct Answer: D) Neurotransmitter.

19. The part of a neuron that conducts impulses away from its cell body is called a(n) .....

Correct Answer: D) Axon.

20. A reaction that you do without choosing to do so.

Correct Answer: B) Involuntary response.