Nervous System Quiz 610 (20 MCQs)

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1. Directs impulses received by the brain.
2. It is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
3. A visceral reflex arc includes (1) receptors (nerve endings that detect stretch, tissue damage, blood chemicals, body temperature, and other internal stimuli), (2) afferent neurons leading to (3) an integrating center and interneurons in the CNS, (4) efferent neurons carrying motor signals away from the CNS, and finally (5) an effector that carries out the end response.
4. What is an example of the autonomic nervous system at work?
5. Thick filaments are in a myofibril are
6. What is the another name for nerves
7. Something you detect using your body's receptors is called a
8. Stimulus may be in the form of .....
9. Vibrations of the eardrum pass through the tiny bones in the .....
10. Which type of glial cells form a protective barrier around the brain and spinal cord tissues?
11. Astrocytes are responsible for:
12. Which organ is a sensory of taste
13. Which of the following is not classified in the peripheral nervous system (PNS)?
14. Which of the following IS NOT one of the 4 regions of the brain?
15. The coordination of muscle movement and the maintenance of equilibrium occurs in the
16. Thread-like part of a neuron that receives impulses and sends them towards the cell body.
17. Depolarizations that bring the membrane potential toward the threshold
18. Nerves are made up from nerve cells called .....
19. An average adult male brain weighs about
20. There are 8 pairs of ..... nerves.