Nervous System Quiz 602 (20 MCQs)

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1. Part of brain that helps you keep your balance.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

2. Numbed by the dentist when you're getting a cavity filled in the lower jaw

Correct Answer: B) Trigeminal.

3. There is one pair of ..... nerves.

Correct Answer: D) Coccygeal.

4. What is the last step in a reflex arc?

Correct Answer: B) Effector.

5. Neurons that are in the peripheral nervous system and tells the body how to respond.

Correct Answer: C) Motor Neurons.

6. What do we call the state of neurons when it is not firing a neural impulse?

Correct Answer: B) Resting potential.

7. Nerves are made up of

Correct Answer: B) Neurons.

8. Made of all the nerves outside of the central nervous system (not the brain and spinal cord)

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral nervous system.

9. Electrical synapses involve coupling of neurons by

Correct Answer: C) Gap junctions.

10. Our Somatic Nervous System regulates which type of movements?

Correct Answer: B) Voluntary Movements.

11. What is the correct order of biological organization from most simple to most complex?

Correct Answer: C) Cells, tissues, organs, systems.

12. On a graph, the dependent variable should be placed on which axis?

Correct Answer: B) Vertical.

13. Nerves in your legs are called

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral.

14. The structure between the brain and body that contains motor and sensory nerve fibers:

Correct Answer: A) Spinal Cord.

15. A persistent, severe burning pain that usually follows an injury to a sensory nerve.

Correct Answer: D) Causalgia.

16. Portion of the nervous system under voluntary control

Correct Answer: B) Somatic.

17. Weight of adult brain(approximate)

Correct Answer: B) 3 pounds.

18. What statement about conjunctivitis is false?

Correct Answer: B) It is not contagious.

19. What is the biggest part of brain?

Correct Answer: A) Cerebrum.

20. Another name for the nervous system is:

Correct Answer: D) The Central Nervous System.