Nervous System Quiz 377 (20 MCQs)

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1. The occipital lobe controls eyesight

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Eye muscle and controls superior oblique

Correct Answer: A) Trochlear.

3. Blood pressure

Correct Answer: A) Brain stem.

4. The large group of nerves which runs through the center of the spine and carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord.

5. FROM

Correct Answer: A) Right eye.

6. This is the site of intelligence, learning, and judgment.

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

7. The three types of neurons are

Correct Answer: D) Motor, sensory and interneurons.

8. Master control and communication system of the body

Correct Answer: A) Nervous system.

9. Which part of your brain controls your breathing and other involuntary muscles?

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

10. What is the purpose of reflexes?

Correct Answer: A) To automaticcaly protect you.

11. Which of the following characteristics are true for an action potential?

Correct Answer: B) Each stimulus produces a full potential or none at all.

12. What techniques have scientists used to find out which parts of the cerebral cortex do different jobs.

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

13. The hypothalamus is said to be the?

Correct Answer: A) Brain of the brain.

14. Disease of the cerebrum

Correct Answer: D) Cerebropathy.

15. What is the reason why we cannot see the wing beats of a fly as it flies?

Correct Answer: C) The fly's wings move too quickly.

16. What type of nerves connect directly to the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Spinal.

17. Cells work together to make the following.

Correct Answer: A) Tissues.

18. Delicate, web-like middle layer of meninges

Correct Answer: A) Arachnoid mater.

19. What term describes tha group of cells that can detect a stimulus

Correct Answer: D) Receptor.

20. These fibers transmit signals of sensation or signals to muscles

Correct Answer: B) Nerves.