Nervous System Quiz 180 (20 MCQs)

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1. The brain is made up of ..... parts.

Correct Answer: D) Three.

2. What type of cells from the nervous system help maintaining homeostasis between nervous system cells?

Correct Answer: A) Glial cells.

3. Gaps between Schwann cells?

Correct Answer: B) Nodes of Ranvier.

4. The response of an animal when it feels threatened; it prepares to either attack or run away.

Correct Answer: C) Fight-or-Flight Response.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Fast Glycolytic fibers found in skeletal muscle?

Correct Answer: B) They are adapted for intense bursts of anaerobically fueled movement.

6. A nerve cell has no nucleus.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. It is a type of bleeding that occurs in the space between the brain and the thin tissues that cover it, called the arachnoid membrane.

Correct Answer: C) Subarachnoid hemorrhage.

8. What is the main control center in an animal body.

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

9. Effectors may be all of the following EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: D) Sensory cells.

10. Signaling neuron

Correct Answer: B) Presynaptic neuron.

11. When a stimulus is received, what ion channels open first?

Correct Answer: A) Sodium.

12. Hearing, taste, sound, language, memory

Correct Answer: D) Temporal lobe.

13. Which part of the brain stem controls your sleep cycles

Correct Answer: D) Pons.

14. What are the types of photoreceptors in the eye?

Correct Answer: B) Rods and cones.

15. Which of these actions would the cerebrum be in charge of? ¿De cuál de estas acciones estaría a cargo el cerebro?

Correct Answer: A) Recognizing odors.

16. The gaps between Schwann cells found at regular intervals in peripheral system neurons are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Nodes of Ranvier.

17. Cells that form myelin sheath for axons in the CNS

Correct Answer: D) Oligodendrocytes.

18. Which of the following activities will cause injury to the human nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) .

19. The brain and spinal cord form the:

Correct Answer: A) CNS (Central nervous system).

20. The root word neur/o means:

Correct Answer: D) Nerves.