Nervous System Quiz 650 (20 MCQs)

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1. The following are effects of adrenaline on the body EXCEPT (choose the INCORRECT one)

Correct Answer: D) Heart beat becomes slower.

2. Which human body system is responsible for detecting, processing, and responding to stimuli?

Correct Answer: B) Nervous.

3. A man is suffering from abnormally low body temperature, loss of appetite and extreme thirst. His brain scan is liable to show tumour in .....

Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus.

4. The parasympathetic nervous system mainly releases the neurotransmitter ..... as opposed to nor-epinephrine.

Correct Answer: D) Acetylcholine.

5. What information does the olfactory complex receive?

Correct Answer: B) Smell.

6. Which of the following structures is responsible for breathing?

Correct Answer: B) Pons.

7. Which of the following does not match the function?

Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus; regulates heartbeat and breathing.

8. Bipolar neurons have 3 processes with the cell body between dendrite and axon process (T/F)?

Correct Answer: B) False.

9. The posterior-inferior portion of the brain, coordinates skeletal muscle movements, balance

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

10. An electrical message is known as a:

Correct Answer: B) Nerve impulse.

11. The nervous system is divided into two parts. Name those parts?

Correct Answer: A) Central and peripheal.

12. The tissues in the eye organ work together to help the eye to do what job?

Correct Answer: C) Convert electromagnetic (light) stimuli into a nerve impulse that then goes to the brain.

13. Specialized cells in the nervous system that react to physical and chemical changes in their surroundings

Correct Answer: C) Neurons.

14. Elevations on a surface that form as the structure infolds; convolution

Correct Answer: A) Gyrus.

15. Functions of the Nervous System19 ..... the body's inside environment

Correct Answer: A) Controls.

16. Which neurone carries an electrical impulse from the receptor to the Central Nervous System?

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

17. The outermost layer of the meninges that is white and tough is the:

Correct Answer: D) Dura mater.

18. What is the function of the interneurons?

Correct Answer: A) They connect one neuron to another.

19. Transmits signals from sense organs

Correct Answer: C) Sensory neurons.

20. Both the peripheral nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system can be further divided into more subdivisions of the nervous system.

Correct Answer: B) False.