Nervous System Quiz 144 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which part of the nervous system controls cardiac and smooth muscles, as well as glands?

Correct Answer: D) Autonomic (involuntary) division.

2. The stimulation of an exocrine gland leads to .....

Correct Answer: A) Secretion of a substance (many different types) to an epithelial surface.

3. Voluntary muscle is described as .....

Correct Answer: C) Under conscious control.

4. Short branching parts of the neuron which take in information are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Dendrites.

5. If a neurone does not have a myelin sheath, the transmission of impulse will be slower compare with a myelinated neurone.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Bundle of nerve fibers in the CNS

Correct Answer: C) Tract.

7. Which nervous system carries out the following activity:Deciding to go to the store today.

Correct Answer: A) Central Nervous System.

8. This practical measured

Correct Answer: B) Distance ruler dropped which was converted to time.

9. Which procedure could be a possible treatment for Parkinsons Disease Patients?

Correct Answer: B) Thalamotomy.

10. Which is not a reflex action

Correct Answer: A) Swallowing.

11. In which image can we see a neuron's axon marked with an arrow?

Correct Answer: A) .

12. This part of the brain would be in charge of controlling coughing, blinking, breathing.

Correct Answer: B) Brain stem.

13. Swellings at the end of the nerve fibre that hold neurotransmitters

Correct Answer: C) Synaptic end bulbs.

14. The area of the brain stem that plays a role in consciousness and the awake/sleep cycle is the:

Correct Answer: B) Reticular activating system (RAS).

15. Identify E, the pigmented (colored), muscular portion of the eye that controls the amount of light that enter s the eye

Correct Answer: B) Iris.

16. Neurons that transmit impulses Away from the CNS are called

Correct Answer: C) Motor, efferent.

17. These photoreceptor cells are used to detect dim light and coarse movement.

Correct Answer: C) Rod.

18. Large fiber tract that connects the two cerebral hemispheres. Allows communication between the two sides of the cerebral cortex.

Correct Answer: C) Corpus Callosum.

19. Nerves make up the .....

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system.

20. Hearing receptors within the organ of Corti are called:

Correct Answer: C) Hair cells.