Nervous System Quiz 621 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which number represents the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: D) D.

2. Picks up stimuli and carries impulses to the spinal cord and brain

Correct Answer: A) Sensory Neuron.

3. Which part of the nervous system is responsible for the fight or flight response during exercise?

Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic nervous system.

4. Behaviors like talking, walking, or picking up an orange are all controlled by the ..... nervous system.

Correct Answer: D) Somatic.

5. This neuron part processes incoming messages.

Correct Answer: C) Cell Body.

6. To which system transmits the information the peripheral system?

Correct Answer: B) Central Nervous System.

7. The human nervous system is separated into two major divisions:

Correct Answer: A) The central nervous system & the peripheral nervous system.

8. What is the primary function of Oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Forming myelin sheath around axons in the CNS.

9. The inability to vocalize words would lead a neurologist to examine where?

Correct Answer: A) Broca's Area.

10. The loss of the ability to move part or most of the body; often the result of injury t the nervous sytem.

Correct Answer: B) Paralysis.

11. This is the area where the Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal lobes come together.

Correct Answer: C) General Interpretation Area.

12. Which part of the brain controls movement, learning, emotions, etc.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

13. Which part of cerebrum controls and coordinates the activities of left side of the body

Correct Answer: B) Right cerebral hemisphere.

14. Which is NOT a medical term used to describe LOC?

Correct Answer: D) Aphasic.

15. Which of these are controlled by somatic (voluntary) nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Running.

16. Narrow junction across which a chemical signal passes from neuron to the next, initiating a new electrical signal in the target cell.

Correct Answer: A) Synapses.

17. Rods help us see.....

Correct Answer: B) Black, white, and grey.

18. Bundle of axons in the central nervous system having the same function and point of origin.

Correct Answer: A) Tract.

19. Which nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: A) Central.

20. Which part of the peripheral nervous system deals with "rest and digest" activities?

Correct Answer: D) Parasympathetic.