Nervous System Quiz 117 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... line the brain ventricles and spinal canal and aid in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid.

Correct Answer: A) Ependymal cells.

2. A message that is passed through the nervous system is known as a/an

Correct Answer: C) Impulse.

3. Playing videogames is an action controlled by .....

Correct Answer: B) The cerebrum.

4. When Ebony patted her friend's cat she was surprised by the softness of the fur. This tactile information was initially received by the

Correct Answer: B) Parietal lobe.

5. The impulses that neurons transfer are .....

Correct Answer: B) Electrical.

6. Special cells that produce your skin's color.

Correct Answer: A) Melanocytes.

7. Which lobe would you find a map of your sensory and perception functions?

Correct Answer: B) Parietal.

8. How many bones does an adult have?

Correct Answer: D) 206.

9. What is the function of the olfactory nerve?

Correct Answer: B) Smell.

10. A muscular tube that helps move food from the mouth to the stomach.

Correct Answer: C) Esophagus.

11. All parts of the nervous system external to the brain and spinal cord

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system.

12. The anterior association area is also called the prefrontal cortex

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. When you touch something hot and pull your hand away fast, which part of your nervous system helps you do that without thinking?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

14. Our skull is made up of ..... bones

Correct Answer: A) 22.

15. The cerebellum is located under the cerebrum in which part of the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Back.

16. What creates an action potential

Correct Answer: C) Na entering the neuron.

17. Which part of the brainstem is responsible for a sensory role in sensations such as hearing, taste, and equilibrium?

Correct Answer: B) Pons.

18. When performing an eccentric contraction, the agonist is acting to .....

Correct Answer: A) Slow down gravity (deceleration).

19. The temporal lobe has a part of the cerebral cortex where memories form. What is this part called?

Correct Answer: A) Hippocampus.

20. What is the photoperiodism?

Correct Answer: A) Response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length.