Nervous System Quiz 425 (20 MCQs)

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1. One of the three main parts of a neuron, this structure receives information from a stimulus and transmits it through the cell body to the axon as an electrical pulse.
2. Which part of the neuron is responsible for receiving information from other neurons?
3. Specialized area of the cerebrum that allows you to express yourself; it is located to the parietal lobe
4. This type of neuron changes light, touch and sound into neural signals which are sent back to our central nervous system to help our body understand and react to its surroundings.
5. T-F:Your brain is your body's command organ
6. What is 7 pointing to?
7. Which of the following adult brain structures develops from the metencephalon?
8. Gray matter on the surface of the brain
9. Combining form that means nerve root
10. The cerebellum:
11. Which lobe is primarily responsible for processing auditory information (hearing)?
12. Anna is recovering from a fight with Arianne. Anna's breathing is slowing down, her pulse is slowing, and she is fatigued. What part of the nervous system is responsible for these changes?ACranial NervesBParasympatheticCSpinal NervesDSympathetic
13. Controls thinking and awareness.
14. . Cardiac muscle is a..... muscle.
15. The organ of equilibrium is the
16. Part of the brain with specialized regions that control movement, memory, communication, and reasoning:
17. The cerebrum is responsible for .....
18. A receptor cell that responds to mechanical stimuli such as touch, pressure, or sound waves.
19. What nerve is purely sensory and carries impulses for the sense of smell?
20. Narrow gaps in the myelin sheath between Schwann cells are called