Nervous System Quiz 384 (20 MCQs)

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1. A network of nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and connect to the rest of the body and transmit signals to and from the brain through the spinal cord.
2. The mind and body are inseperable
3. The part of the brain that stores and MEMORIES
4. A resting membrane is measured at ..... while a depolarized membrane will measure at .....
5. "Fight or flight" is mostly associated with which subdivision of the nervous system?
6. What type of message diffuses across the synapse?
7. What do the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems belong to?
8. The only nutritional source for brain metabolic activity is oxygen
9. What is the average mass of the brain?
10. Damage to the ..... has wide-spread effects in large areas of the body.
11. It is involved in breathing and heart beat.
12. The condition in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine, is called
13. ..... wrap around the axon of a neuron to create the .....
14. .... regulates voluntary activities such as muscular movement. It also controls reflexes. It is one of the divisions of peripheral nervous system.
15. Samuel is learning about the human body in his biology class. His teacher, Olivia, explains that the somatic nervous system's job is to control breathing and the respiratory system. Is this statement true or false?
16. Change in a cell membrane potential from rest toward zero.
17. Three important parts of the brain are:
18. This releases neurotransmitters which are sent into the synaptic cleft for receptors on the post-synaptic neuron to receive
19. Which of these molecules is too big to enter cells?
20. The functional cell type of the nervous system is the