Nervous System Quiz 408 (20 MCQs)

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1. Located in the hindbrain, this structure is responsible for coordinated movement and balance

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

2. The body´s automatic responses

Correct Answer: D) Reflexes.

3. Cochlea

Correct Answer: C) Shaped like a snail's shell and contains delicate hairlike cells which compose the organ of corti.

4. What are the two parts of the nervous system involved in controlling the body?

Correct Answer: C) Somatic and autonomic nervous system.

5. The brain and spinal cord are part of:

Correct Answer: B) Central nervous system.

6. Sensory input involves the reporting of .....

Correct Answer: C) Both answers are correct.

7. The function of the olfactory nerve concerns

Correct Answer: A) Smell.

8. When there is damage in the Central Nervous system, cells can often survive long after axons are cut. This is possibly due to .....

Correct Answer: A) Collaterals.

9. Action or movement of the body that is a reaction to something and happens without thinking

Correct Answer: D) Reflex.

10. Balance and coordination

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum.

11. "The weather is very hot" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: D) External stimuli.

12. You are weighing the option of whether you should buy the green couch or the blue couch. The lobe that controls decision making is the:

Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe.

13. Craniosacral nerves compose the .....

Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic Nervous System.

14. The ..... consists of the brain and the spinal cord

Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system.

15. Sensory Afferent bring information into the .....

Correct Answer: A) CNS.

16. Which brain structure controls all involuntary processes such as breathing, heartbeat, peristalsis

Correct Answer: C) Medulla.

17. What is the gap between neurons called?

Correct Answer: A) Conclusion.

18. What does the frontal lobe control?

Correct Answer: C) Planning.

19. Which of the following is not a major division of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Parasympathetic nervous system. .

20. Which one of the following is not a step in the conduction of a nerve impulse across a chemical synapse?

Correct Answer: C) The calcium ions entering the synaptic cleft cause the endocytosis of synaptic vesicles.