Nervous System Quiz 414 (20 MCQs)

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1. If itis means inflammation, then meningitis would be:

Correct Answer: B) Inflammation of the meninges.

2. If aqueous humor does not drain from the eye and increases pressure, this is called

Correct Answer: B) Glaucoma.

3. Identify Letter C

Correct Answer: C) Oral Cavity.

4. Maintained by sympathetic and parasympathetic systems working together

Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis.

5. Cranial nerve III, carries motor information to the eye muscles:

Correct Answer: C) Oculomotor.

6. Part of the brain that coordinates the movement of voluntary muscles

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum.

7. The long, thin part of a motor neurone surrounded by a myelin sheath is called:

Correct Answer: D) Axon.

8. Which part of the nerve cell carries electrical impulses away from the cell body to transmit signals to other neurons or target cells?

Correct Answer: C) Axon/neurites.

9. What receptor type senses smells?

Correct Answer: C) Chemoreceptor.

10. The cerebellum helps with balance.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Activated in times of intense stress.

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic nervous system.

12. Combining form that means lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

Correct Answer: A) Lamin/o.

13. The neuroglia send/receive messages and the neurons are the supporting cells.

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Which sense has electromagnetic inputs and uses photoreceptors?

Correct Answer: E) Sight.

15. ..... control movement.

Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons.

16. Any change in an organism's environment that causes to the organism to react is the definition of .....

Correct Answer: A) A stimulus.

17. The division of the PNS that controls involuntary body functions

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic.

18. Which is true for the EEG

Correct Answer: C) It measures electrical activity in brain and gives printout for diagnostic purposes.

19. Someone that specializes in administering anesthetic agents before and during surgery.

Correct Answer: D) Anesthesiologist.

20. Which option below describes three coverings of the brain/spinal cord in the correct order starting from the outermost

Correct Answer: C) Dura, arachnoid, pia.