Nervous System Quiz 349 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which category(ies) do sense fall?
2. Which special sense is related to taste?
3. Which organ stores the bile that the liver makes?
4. The sensory nerves carry messages ..... the ..... to the .....
5. Glial cells that line cavities and produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
6. The brain and spinal cord together make up all of which division of the nervous system?
7. Afferent (or ascending) nerve fibers carry nerve impulses in which direction?
8. Which ciliated neuroglial cell circulates cerebrospinal fluid?
9. This part of the cerebrum is considered to be the "emotional brain"
10. The scientific study of the functions and activities performed by the body's structures is called .....
11. Any change in the environment that an organism can recognize and react to is called a .....
12. What layer of the skin contains sweat glands?
13. Stimuli from any part of the body are received by the dendrites.
14. Lobe responsible for Motor function, Problem solving, and Memory
15. When you are driving and see a red light ahead. Your nervous system thinks red light means stop. This is called .....
16. Preparing the body for the "fight-or-flight" response during threatening situations is the role of the .....
17. Located in spinal cord & brain
18. Each of the following numbered processes are involved in signal transduction pathways:I. Response II. Amplification III. Reception IV. Transduction Which of the following represents the sequence of events in a typical signal transduction pathway?
19. What is the structure of the nervous system?
20. What is saltatory conduction?