Nervous System Quiz 421 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the protective tissue of the spinal cord and brain called?
2. Which part of the brain is primarily involved in processing auditory information?
3. The evolutionary role of pain is to .....
4. The part of the neuron that normally recieves stimuli is called a(n):
5. What are the two important functions of the brain stem?
6. The thick clear jelly that helps give the eyeball its shape
7. This sense contains small groups of sensory cells called taste buds that react to chemicals in foods. Taste buds react to sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory. The taste buds send messages to the areas in the cortex responsible for processing taste.
8. Which two organs constitute the central nervous system (CNS) in the human body?
9. *A nerve carrying impulses from the brain and stimulates muscles to contract.
10. Callous body
11. What are the functions of the frontal lobe?
12. After being bitten by a black widow spider, jean starts to convulse. this is a result of
13. The right side of the cerebrum controls the right side of the body
14. The ..... is the inner layer of the eye responsible for producing visual signals that will be sent to the brain.
15. The rapid inward diffusion of Na+ followed by the outward diffusion of K+ produces a rapid change in the membrane potential called
16. Which type of neuron transmits a signal from the central nervous system to an effector such as a muscle?
17. What fluid does the central canal, brain's ventricles, and subarachnoid have?
18. The innermost layer of the meninges is the:
19. What nervous system disease is caused by a bite of a parasite (tsetse fly) that attacks the nervous system where a person can experience fever, swelling of lymph nodes, skin rashes, and weakness?
20. Position receptors are present in the .....