Nervous System Quiz 505 (20 MCQs)

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1. Receptors are specialised structures that .....

Correct Answer: B) Detect changes in the environment.

2. The medulla oblongata is part of which brain structure?

Correct Answer: B) Brainstem.

3. What is structure is # 1?

Correct Answer: A) Sclera.

4. What structure connects the two hemispheres

Correct Answer: D) Callous body.

5. Part of the brain stem that relays signals for voluntary movement are relayed to the cerebellum. It also helps to regulate breathing.

Correct Answer: B) Pons.

6. This fluid-filled organ of the inner ear changes sound waves into electrical impulses that our brain can "hear."

Correct Answer: B) Cochlea.

7. It controls involuntary movements such as the heart pumping.

Correct Answer: C) Brain stem.

8. Under which division would conscious movement fall under?

Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System.

9. Mind

Correct Answer: D) Wood.

10. Neuromuscular and neuroglandular are the two types of junctions found at a synapse

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. The portion of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord.

Correct Answer: A) Peripheral Nervous System.

12. Which best describes the parasympathetic nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Routine autonomic functions.

13. Nerve cells that make the myelin sheath are named

Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes.

14. We should sit ..... away from TV.

Correct Answer: D) 6 feet.

15. A characteristic of the brain associated with humans, when compared to other animal brains, is

Correct Answer: C) Elaboration of the folds and grooves of the cerebral cortex.

16. The place where two or more bones meet is called:

Correct Answer: C) Joint.

17. What characteristic describes the arachnoid membrane?

Correct Answer: B) Thin, cobweb-like.

18. The important functions like respiration and heart beat are regulated by which of the following part of brain?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla oblongata.

19. Brain disorder that results in loss of neuromuscular function, including loss of ability to swallow, speak

Correct Answer: C) IF.

20. Mixed nerves comprise both sensory and motor nerves and carry messages to and from the brain to all parts of the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.