Nervous System Quiz 197 (20 MCQs)

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1. Imagine you are learning about the human body in a biology class. Your teacher asks, 'What are the 3 main parts of the brain that we discussed?'
2. Which part of the brain is connected to the spinal cord and helps the body perform actions such as breathing, maintaining heart rate, and blood pressure?
3. A ..... is what your body does in reaction to a stimuli.
4. The section of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary actions.
5. Outermost layer of meninges and is the strongest
6. Coffee and Soda are common (a)
7. Each neuron has only one axon and many dendrites.
8. Two main functions:* Receive sensory information from the body (vis PNS) & send messages to the brain for processing. * Receive motor information from the brain and send it to relevant parts of the body (via PNS) to control muscles, glands and internal organs.
9. The most common type of neuron is .....
10. Identify the neuroglia described:Form scar tissue and regulate ion concentrations
11. The nature of an nervous impulse is
12. Chemoreceptors detect chemicals and scents in the food that we eat. what branch of the PNS would they be a part of?
13. What is another word for autonomic?
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15. Light must be refracted precisely so it is focused on the retina.
16. Of the 3 types of muscles, which muscles attach to bone.
17. All nerves outside the brain and spinal cord are part of the ..... nervous system.
18. Describes the fact that a neuron fires at the same intensity despite the intensity of the stimulus.
19. Earthworms have setae, which are like bristles that help them .....
20. Type of neuron that carries impulses from receptors to the CNS