Nervous System Quiz 407 (20 MCQs)

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1. Sometimes our bodies can react faster than our brains (think of your lab during the Cotton Eye portion).
2. This part of the neuron carries the nerve impulse away from the nucleus.
3. If a person cant control the glucose level in the body can lead to what sick?
4. Nerves that carry messages to your brain when you hear a very loud noise
5. The maximum number of teeth in an adult are .....
6. A muscle that cannot be lengthened simultaneously over all the joints it crosses is said to be passively insufficient.
7. What is the general term for the layers of tough membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord?
8. This covering of the CNS is on the surface of the spinal cord and brain.
9. The nervous system controls everything you do including breathing, walking, thinking, and feeling
10. True or False:Your rib cage is involved in breathing
11. These are the spaces between myelin sheaths, give astrocytes something to hold on to and provides easier transfer of nutrients and materials.
12. Release vesicles with neurotransmitters (little bubble looking things) into the space
13. How many synapses does your brain have by childhood
14. What type of cells in the CNS are involved in the formation of the myelin sheath?
15. What is the range of speed in a neuron?
16. What does each part of the brain do?
17. This phenomenon states that light travels in straight lines but can be bent as it passes through materials of different densities.
18. What is the function of the dermis?
19. When did the New Year's Eve Ball first drop in Times Square?
20. Nerves are attached to your ....., which is in the back of your eye.