Nervous System Quiz 651 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the thigmonasty?

Correct Answer: D) Response of plant to the touching.

2. The tiny space between the end of an axon and the next structure (a dendrite, a muscle cell or the cell of another organ)

Correct Answer: C) Conclusion.

3. Neuron:a type of insulation that helps impulses move faster

Correct Answer: B) Myelin Sheath.

4. The nervous system that is your body's control center, responsible for interpreting signals and making decisions is the

Correct Answer: A) Central nervous system.

5. Identify the part of our brain that ensures our muscles to work together to produce smooth coordinated voluntary movement.

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

6. Nerve cells that transmit impulses from the central nervous system to muscles and glands are .....

Correct Answer: A) Engines.

7. Which part of the neuron receive signals and conduct the impulses to the body?

Correct Answer: A) Dendrites.

8. The conduction of action potentials in a myelinated nerve fiber is

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

9. Which Neurotransmitter stimulates memory?

Correct Answer: A) Nitric oxide.

10. The polarisation of neurons is caused by more ..... ions outside the axon membrane.

Correct Answer: A) Already.

11. The membrane potential is about ..... of a resting neuron

Correct Answer: A) -70mV.

12. The type of neuron that is responsible for carrying nerve impulses to the CNS are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

13. A specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is a functional unit of the nervous system.

Correct Answer: B) Neuron.

14. True or False.-rrhaphy = suture

Correct Answer: B) True.

15. What is umami taste

Correct Answer: C) Savory.

16. Which part of the brain serves as the control center for the autonomic nervous system?

Correct Answer: C) Medulla Oblongata.

17. The ..... consists of nerves, receptors, ganglia, and synapses outside the CNS.

Correct Answer: E) Afferent division of the peripheral nervous system.

18. A nerve that stimulates skeletal muscle tissue

Correct Answer: B) Motor neurons.

19. What part of the nerve cell conducts current? Nerve enters the cell

Correct Answer: B) Dendrites.

20. Glial cell that form myelin sheath in the PNS

Correct Answer: D) Schwann cells.