Nervous System Quiz 440 (20 MCQs)

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1. Schwann cells wrap themselves around axons to insulate them. What are the outer layer of the Schwann cells called?
2. This motor/efferent subcategory (CNS to receptor) impulses are sent to involuntary effectors such as the cardiac muscle, smooth muscle and the glands.
3. Divsion of the nervous system that is the "excitement" division, fight or flight:
4. True or False:Nervous System's overall function is to collect information about the external conditions in relation to the body's internal state, to analyze this information, and to initiate appropriate responses to satisfy certain needs like maintaining homeostasis. The most powerful of these needs is survival.
5. It is due to damaged myelin sheath surrounding nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
6. What is the function of the blood's platelets?
7. Upper chamber of the heart. Receives blood from the body & lungs.
8. True or False.word; phrase = phras/o
9. Analyzes and interprets messages and responds-control center
10. What response in a neuron causes the Na to flow into the cell and increase the charge of the membrane potential?
11. A stroke or CVA is defined as:
12. Gaps in the myelin sheath where nerve impulses are regenerated
13. Which of the following are 2 of the types of Nerve Endings
14. Adaptive plasticity (caused by brain damage) is
15. Anything that causes you to react is called
16. This is the name for a nerve cell. They use electrical impulses and chemical signals to transmit information between different areas of the brain and the rest of the nervous system. "The whole nerve."
17. Associated with reasoning, higher level cognition, and motor skills (motor cortex).
18. Which part of the brain helps control our balance and skeletal muscle activity?
19. Nervous tissue
20. What are the two layers of skin?