Nervous System Quiz 601 (20 MCQs)

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1. There are 5 different types neuroglia cells (T/F)?

Correct Answer: B) False.

2. Which cranial nerve allows for lateral eye movement?

Correct Answer: C) Abducting.

3. Before vaccines and modern medicine, how were plagues actually stopped?

Correct Answer: B) Those that lived were immune, and everybody else died.

4. The peripheral nervous system contains

Correct Answer: D) All the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.

5. In the video you watched, we learned the name of a new part of the brain. This is:

Correct Answer: C) A calloused body.

6. The functioning of the olfactory system relies on .....

Correct Answer: C) Bipolar.

7. Describes the way an electrical impulse skips from node to node down the full length of an axon.

Correct Answer: A) Saltatory conduction.

8. Walking on hot sand would be an example of a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Stimulus.

9. What is the first safe and effective vaccine against polio?

Correct Answer: B) Salk.

10. What nerve does sensory over the knee joint?

Correct Answer: B) Obturator nerve.

11. Which part of the brain does:thinking, voluntary, memory and emotions?

Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum.

12. The proper name for brain chemicals

Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters.

13. NAME THE ORGAN SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS ALL THE BODY FUNCTIONS

Correct Answer: A) NERVOUS SYSTEM.

14. Thick cord of nerve tissue protected by the vertebrae and links the brain to most of the nerves in the body

Correct Answer: A) Spinal cord.

15. What does our cranium do?

Correct Answer: C) Protect the brain.

16. The trochlear nerve does eye movement ONLY, so is this cranial nerve sensory, motor, or both?

Correct Answer: B) Motor.

17. If an axon is injured, which part of the neuron will break down?

Correct Answer: A) The portion distal to the injury and distal to the cell body.

18. Cholinergic receptors sensitive to tobacco-derived alkaloid

Correct Answer: A) H-cholinergic receptors.

19. The extensions of a neuron that receive electrochemical signals are called

Correct Answer: B) Dendrites.

20. End of the axon, where there are usually several branches extending toward the target cell.

Correct Answer: A) Axon Terminal.