Nervous System Quiz 592 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ..... division amps systems up in the "fight or flight" response.

Correct Answer: C) Sympathetic.

2. A muscle or gland that responds to a stimulus

Correct Answer: B) Effector.

3. Sensory neurons send signals:

Correct Answer: A) Toward your brain and spinal cord.

4. Which system is responsible for gathering, interpreting and responding to information from the body and the environment?

Correct Answer: C) Nervous.

5. Electrical signal carried by neurons

Correct Answer: C) Impulse.

6. AS

Correct Answer: A) Left ear.

7. Makes heart beat faster and lungs breathe more effciently

Correct Answer: D) Adrenaline.

8. The part of the nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the CNS (central nervous system) and connect to other body parts

Correct Answer: D) Peripheral.

9. Ca2+ stimulates vesicles to accept with membrane

Correct Answer: B) False.

10. Connect blood vessels to neurons

Correct Answer: D) Astrocytes.

11. What nerve takes information from the CNS to the skeletal muscle?

Correct Answer: A) Efferent Nerves.

12. Nerves are bundles of .....

Correct Answer: A) Nerve fiber.

13. Action potential propagation refers to the movement of the action potential along the length of the axon (T/F)?

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. Action potential is a nerve impulse

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Which of the following is a function of microglia in the CNS?

Correct Answer: D) Performing repairs and cleanup in damaged neural tissue.

16. Wernicke's area is responsible for

Correct Answer: C) Language comprehension.

17. In our body, involuntary actions are controlled by .....

Correct Answer: A) Medulla in the hindbrain.

18. Which type of neuron receives signals/stimuli from the eyes, ears, nose, skin, or tongue and transmits this information to other neurons?

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

19. Our heart beats faster when we are scared or nervous. Which branch of the peripheral nervous system is responsible?

Correct Answer: B) Autonomic nervous system.

20. The nerves that branch directly from the brain and transmit nerve signals to and from the eyes, ears, mouth, face, and scalp are the .....

Correct Answer: D) Cranial nerves.