Nervous System Quiz 632 (20 MCQs)

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1. What part of your nervous system makes your heart beat faster when you in danger?

Correct Answer: D) Sympathetic.

2. Substances present in the CSF are controlled by the .....

Correct Answer: D) Blood-brain barrier.

3. Where is the ganglia of the parasympathetic arm of ANS located?

Correct Answer: B) Near the target organ.

4. Hemisphere that is associated with Verbal and Mathematical abilities

Correct Answer: A) Left Hemisphere.

5. Another name for the Medulla is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Brain Stem.

6. Light with the shortest wavelength appears .....

Correct Answer: E) Violet.

7. The action potential moves down the axon, away from the cell body. What happens when it reaches the axon terminal?

Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitter is released.

8. Which is true for PET scan?

Correct Answer: C) It shows function more than anatomy.

9. It is caused by infection or damage to the brain before, during or immediately after birth.

Correct Answer: B) CEREBRAL PALSY.

10. The patient that sustained a spinal cord injury at the T10 level may have paralysis of the legs. This disorder is known as:

Correct Answer: B) Paraplegia.

11. The responsive region at the leading edge of the growing axon

Correct Answer: C) Growth cone.

12. An action potential is caused by an influx of ..... ions into the cell.

Correct Answer: D) Sodium.

13. The nervous system is responsible for .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

14. A nerve cell that transmits electrical impulses.

Correct Answer: C) Neuron.

15. Every neuron has ..... for receiving and sending messages.

Correct Answer: D) A cell body.

16. The part of the nerve cell that receives a message.

Correct Answer: C) Dendrite.

17. It is an organ that interprets messages received from and sends messages to other body organs.

Correct Answer: B) Brain.

18. What dose the Cnidarian

Correct Answer: A) Neurons.

19. The division of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord

Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system.

20. The ..... connects the brain to the rest of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord.