Nervous System Quiz 131 (20 MCQs)

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1. Subdivision of the efferent division that transmits action potentials to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, or glands

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system.

2. What is the function of the somatic nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) To communicate voluntary (conscious) instructions from the CNS to skeletal muscles, causing contraction.

3. This is the area where the parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes of the cerebrum come together.

Correct Answer: D) General Interpretation Area.

4. Rare in adults, these neurons are only found in sense organs like the eye and nose:

Correct Answer: B) Bipolar.

5. Fat-soluble vitamins include.....

Correct Answer: D) A, D, E and K.

6. What does connective tissue do?

Correct Answer: B) Provides structure and support.

7. What do afferent nerves do?

Correct Answer: B) Carry information about changes.

8. Burning sensation

Correct Answer: A) Cause/or.

9. Produces myelin sheaths

Correct Answer: C) Oligodendrocytes.

10. A network of nerves that weave together after branching from the spinal cord is called a .....

Correct Answer: D) Plexus.

11. Neuron between a motor neuron and a sensory neuron

Correct Answer: D) Interneuron.

12. The most complex organ in the body is the

Correct Answer: C) Brain.

13. Which organ is related to the nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerve cells.

14. What are the main functions of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) All Of These.

15. Which of the following structures protect the eye?

Correct Answer: D) All of these structures protect the eye.

16. Surface shows elevated ridges of tissue. What are these elevated ridges named?

Correct Answer: B) Gyri.

17. ..... synapses occur where two cells are directly connected.

Correct Answer: A) Electrical.

18. The organelle that contains actin and myosin.

Correct Answer: C) Myofibril.

19. What are the receptors used for the tactile and temperature senses?

Correct Answer: D) Thermoceptors and Mechanoreceptors.

20. Which type of nerve gathers information from surroundings and sends it to the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Sensory.