Nervous System Quiz 635 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Automonic Nervous System

Correct Answer: A) Contains the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

2. Which is NOT one of the three main parts of the brain?

Correct Answer: D) Spinal Cord.

3. Which body system provides movement and support for the body and protects internal organs?

Correct Answer: C) Musculoskeletal System.

4. Which part of the brain is responsible for conscious perception of sound?

Correct Answer: B) Auditory Cortex.

5. Mark each of the following statements somatic nervous system or autonomic nervous system.is under your conscious control

Correct Answer: A) Somatic nervous system.

6. What is the primary role of astrocytes in the nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Provides support and nutrition to neurons, forms blood brain barrier.

7. Involves the use of neurotransmitters to relay the message to another neuron.

Correct Answer: D) Chemical Synapse.

8. A chronic, slowly progressive disease of thecentral nervous system that destroys the myelinsheath of nerve cell axons

Correct Answer: A) Multiple sclerosis.

9. An example of an external stimulus would be .....

Correct Answer: D) You get cold when you walk outside.

10. The part of a neuron that houses the nucleus is known as the .....

Correct Answer: C) Cell body.

11. Which is NOT responsible in movement of the eyes

Correct Answer: C) Vagus.

12. Identify A

Correct Answer: A) Vitreous humor.

13. Reflex action is the automatic involuntary action in body brought by a stimulus .....

Correct Answer: B) Without the involvement of brain.

14. Your major touch sense organ is/are your .....

Correct Answer: E) Skin.

15. An example of involuntary muscles (muscle you cannot control):

Correct Answer: A) Heart and stomach.

16. What is the function of the Motor (Efferent) Division?

Correct Answer: B) To carry signals from the central nervous system to the limbs and organs.

17. Type of neuron based on function that transmits impulses from receptors of the sense organ to the central nervous system

Correct Answer: D) Sensory neuron.

18. This type of stimulus comes from inside body (examples-growling stomach, dry mouth).

Correct Answer: A) Internal.

19. The output side of your nervous system is called

Correct Answer: B) Motor.

20. What are sensory receptors?

Correct Answer: A) Structures at the ends of neurons in the peripheral nervous system that provide sensory function of the nervous system.