Nervous System Quiz 515 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the three parts of the Brainstem?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla Oblongata, Pons, Midbrain.

2. If a patient became a paraplegic, what would you expect to see?

Correct Answer: C) Paralysis of the lower part of the body and legs.

3. The dermis contains receptors that respond to temperature and pain.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. Which structure is affected when a person experiences meningitis?

Correct Answer: D) Meninges.

5. Which of the following is not a type of muscle fiber?

Correct Answer: C) Type III.

6. The organ of hearing is the

Correct Answer: D) Cochlea.

7. This part of the brain is split into 2 halves called right and left hemisphere.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

8. If there is a noise, what sense is activated?

Correct Answer: C) Sense of hearing.

9. What are satellite cells

Correct Answer: B) Clusters of neurons cell bodies called ganglia.

10. Neuron's cell body that contains nucleus, DNA, mitochondria, etc.

Correct Answer: B) Soma.

11. The basic part of the nervous system is called this.

Correct Answer: B) Neuron.

12. True or False:The brain communicates with the rest of the body through the spinal cord and nerves

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. The function of the cerebellum

Correct Answer: B) Balance, and movement.

14. What is the function of the Na+/K+ pump during the action potential process?

Correct Answer: C) It restores original levels of Na+ and K+ in the cell.

15. Which of these terms are associated with communication between neurons?

Correct Answer: C) Chemical signals, synapse, neurotransmitters.

16. Which ions are involved in action potential and maintaining membrane potentials

Correct Answer: D) Potassium and Sodium.

17. The point where two neurons connect; this connector helps send information from one neuron to the next or from a neuron to cells.

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

18. These are parts of the neuron that receive messages from nearby neurons .....

Correct Answer: C) Dendrites.

19. Relay station for sensory impulses traveling to the sensory cortex

Correct Answer: A) Thalamus.

20. Plasma is the (a) made mostly of water

Correct Answer: A) A liquid part of blood.