Nervous System Quiz 373 (20 MCQs)

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1. The body's communication system is the

Correct Answer: C) Nervous system.

2. Which disorder is associated with demyelination?

Correct Answer: C) Multiple Sclerosis.

3. How many bones is our skull made up of?

Correct Answer: A) 22.

4. ..... protects the brain and spinal cord from injury because it forms a watery cushion layer.

Correct Answer: C) Cerebrospinal fluid.

5. What part of the neuron receives impulses?

Correct Answer: A) Dendrites.

6. The somatic system helps if I have to run

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

7. Part of the nervous system which consists of the cranial and spinal nerves

Correct Answer: C) Peripheral nervous system.

8. Where is the neuron do you find the nucleus?

Correct Answer: D) Cell body.

9. Which neurone is also involved in the reflex action?

Correct Answer: C) Relay neurone.

10. The message transmitted through the nervous system is called an impulse.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. A specialized structure that contains the ends of sensory neurons and that responds to specific types of stimuli

Correct Answer: C) Sensory receptor.

12. In which two parts is divided de nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Central and Peripheral.

13. Maintains and restores normal body function

Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic nervous system.

14. Which are the main parts of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Central nervous system (CNS) andPeripheral nervous system.

15. Normally, after a neurotransmitter has "unlocked" an action, an impulse or effect, it

Correct Answer: A) It is broken down by an enzyme or reabsorbed into the cell tha tmade it.

16. What glial cells make up the myelin sheaths of the peripheral nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Schwann Cells.

17. Which organ in the digestive system absorbs the most water from food?

Correct Answer: C) Large intestine.

18. Two or more things working together to complete a single goal, job or function is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) System.

19. Which of these cells are not a type of neuroglia found in the CNS:

Correct Answer: C) Schwann cells.

20. A cell or organ that produces a response to a stimulus

Correct Answer: B) Effector.