Nervous System Quiz 468 (20 MCQs)

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1. This glial cell is found in the peripheral nervous system and produces the myelin sheath around neurons:

Correct Answer: C) Schwann.

2. What are the functions of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) A, b and c.

3. Where is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) found?

Correct Answer: B) Between the arachnoid layer and the pia mater.

4. The taste group that humans are most sensitive to is .....

Correct Answer: C) Bitter.

5. The part of the human central nervous system that controls breathing is the

Correct Answer: C) Medulla.

6. One of the most important organs that controls breathing, circulation, senses, movement and memory, stores emotions and handles pain.

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

7. The hypothalamus controls ..... whereas the thalamus controls .....

Correct Answer: B) Sleep/wakefulness, pain and sensory impulses leading to the cerebrum.

8. Which lobe controls personality?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

9. WHICH PART OF THE BODY IS LIKE A HIGHWAY FOR SENDING MESSAGES

Correct Answer: C) SPINAL CORD.

10. What is the name of the neuroglia that helps with removing infectious agents in the CNS?

Correct Answer: A) Microglia.

11. Parkinson's disease motor symptoms are most commonly associated with

Correct Answer: D) A depleted amount of dopamine in the substantia nigra.

12. The nervous system receives information from

Correct Answer: C) Inside AND outside your body.

13. The nerves that extend from the spinal cord to all parts of the body make up the .....

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system.

14. The part of the brain that controls sleep and awake states

Correct Answer: D) Thalamus.

15. What does the medulla oblongata do?

Correct Answer: A) Controls vital body functions like heartbeat, breathing, as well as vomiting.

16. Ears where there are gaps in the myelin sheath and therefore ions can flow easily and action potentials can develop

Correct Answer: C) Nodes of Ranvier.

17. What is a fissure in the context of the brain's anatomy?

Correct Answer: C) A deep groove on the surface of the brain.

18. Branches extend from the axon and connected with other neuron forming synapse.

Correct Answer: D) Axon Terminal.

19. The brain is divided into ..... major parts

Correct Answer: C) 4.

20. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is responsible for understanding the messages

Correct Answer: B) False.