Nervous System Quiz 649 (20 MCQs)

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1. TOM/O means splitting
2. Which part of the brain controls the conscious mind?
3. Light waves are what type of stimuli?
4. Cells in the retina capable of phototransduction when stimulated by light rays
5. Conduction pathway composed of white matter in the CNS
6. Dynamic equilibrium (balance) receptors are located in the
7. Neurons that bring information into the CNS are:
8. The ..... hemisphere of the brain is considered the academic and logical side.
9. When an impulse leaves a neuronal pool to stimulate several others it is known as
10. This portion of the brain is responsible for hunger, thirst, blood pressure and body temperature.
11. These types of nerves cells are non conducting and are involved in structural support and metabolism.
12. The path of a message to the nerve cell is
13. What is the first part of the eye that light hits?
14. Dendrites conduct impulses:
15. Emergency condition in which the retina separates from the layer of blood vessels that supports it
16. The immediate action brought about in the body by a stimulus is:
17. Which is the unique cell organalle of nerve cell?
18. The cell body contains
19. Something in the environment that an organism can notice and react to.
20. The division of the nervous system that is generally self-regulating is called the ..... nervous system.