Nervous System Quiz 133 (20 MCQs)

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1. Numbers 10/11/12

Correct Answer: A) Brain stem.

2. How many types of neurons do we have?

Correct Answer: A) 3.

3. Chewing, sensation in the teeth and face

Correct Answer: A) Trigeminal.

4. Which system is the skull a part of?

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal.

5. Which part of the brain is responsible for regulating body temperature and water balance?

Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus.

6. These are the specialized capillaries of the Pia Mater that are responsible for producing Cerebrospinal Fluid.

Correct Answer: C) Choroid Plexuses.

7. A type of receptor that detects chemicals, including tastes and smells.

Correct Answer: A) Chemo-receptors.

8. What is a cable-like bundle of axons that communicate the brain to the rest of the body?

Correct Answer: C) Nerve.

9. Which statement best describes a Leak ion channels?

Correct Answer: B) Are always open.

10. This cranial nerve takes visual information to the brain

Correct Answer: B) Optic.

11. Which Cranial Nerve is called the Hypoglossal Nerve?

Correct Answer: D) XII.

12. Which types of muscle tissue are striated?

Correct Answer: B) Cardiac and Skeletal.

13. The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs

Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system.

14. The autonomic nervous system has two subsystems:sympathetic and parasympathetic.

Correct Answer: A) This is true.

15. Which is the upper part of the brain

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

16. It sends messages, it is long and there is only one.

Correct Answer: B) Axon.

17. The "blind spot" of the eye where no photo receptor cells are present is located at the:

Correct Answer: D) Optic nerve.

18. It is a very hot, sunny day so a dog sits in the shade.

Correct Answer: A) External stimulus.

19. Which of the following is not the function of the facial nerve?

Correct Answer: B) Secretion of parotid gland.

20. Which organs are found in the central nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal cord.