Nervous System Quiz 563 (20 MCQs)

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1. Six muscles used to move the eye left and right, up and down

Correct Answer: C) Extrinsic muscles.

2. Cover your eye

Correct Answer: C) Closed eyes.

3. What is Broca's Area responsible for?

Correct Answer: C) Speech Production.

4. Your cells in your nose that can pick up smell are known as .....

Correct Answer: C) Olfactory cells.

5. SENSORY NERVES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS

Correct Answer: C) OPTIC NERVES.

6. Neurons have long projections to transmit impulses. What is the name of these projections?

Correct Answer: B) Axons.

7. What type of neuroglial cell participates in the production and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid?

Correct Answer: C) Ependymal cells.

8. The CNS interprets incoming sensory info & makes decisions based on past experiences

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. The 3 main functions of the nervous system are sensory processing, motor processing and

Correct Answer: B) Integrative analysis and processing.

10. The process of hearing begins when sound waves enter the .....

Correct Answer: A) Auditory canal.

11. In sensory neurons, stimuli are received by the

Correct Answer: B) Dendrites.

12. Where is the insect's large nerve located?

Correct Answer: D) Ventral.

13. What is the function of ependymal cells?

Correct Answer: A) To produce and regulate cerebrospinal fluid.

14. Receptor of gustation; sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami

Correct Answer: D) Taste buds.

15. The information that travels along the neurone is called:

Correct Answer: C) Electrical impulse.

16. This part of the brain gives us balance and coordination of muscles and body

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

17. Sensory nerves send messages to the brain about what we

Correct Answer: E) All of the above.

18. The part in teal

Correct Answer: B) Frontal lobe.

19. Pneumonia

Correct Answer: B) Pneumonia.

20. Part of a neuron; receive messages and send them to cell body

Correct Answer: C) Dendrites.