Nervous System Quiz 694 (20 MCQs)

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1. In which step does acting on a decision occur?

Correct Answer: C) Motor.

2. How many cranial nerves exist in the head and neck?

Correct Answer: B) 12.

3. The cardiovascular center is located in the

Correct Answer: A) Medulla oblongata.

4. May result from eyeball being too short

Correct Answer: B) Hyperopia.

5. What is the name of a band of tissue that connects a muscle to the bone?

Correct Answer: D) Tendon.

6. The third ventricle is located around and near the .....

Correct Answer: B) Thalamus.

7. Part of the brain that controls posture, balance and coordination

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

8. What do microglia do?

Correct Answer: D) Clean up debris, such as dead cells.

9. What are the two divisions the autonomic nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic and Sympathetic.

10. A sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that affects how a person feels or acts for a short time.

Correct Answer: A) Positive deviation.

11. Which of the following is not a relationship between the function of nerves and their corresponding organs:

Correct Answer: C) The parasympathetic nerves speed up the heart rate.

12. Part of the brain that controls involuntary functions such as heartbeat and breathing

Correct Answer: A) Brainstem.

13. A-some areas of brain and spinal cord looks white.R-this is because cell bodies of neurons are situated in those areas.

Correct Answer: C) A is true R is false.

14. Precise timing for skeletal muscle activity, Balance and equilibrium, Makes body movements smooth & coordinated

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

15. What is connected to spinal cord?

Correct Answer: D) Medulla oblongata.

16. Makes decisions, plans, reasons, and carries out behaviors (Cognitive Function)

Correct Answer: A) Frontal Lobe.

17. What type neurons send messages to cause movement?

Correct Answer: A) Motor.

18. What is the autonomic nervous system made up of?

Correct Answer: C) Synaptic and parasynaptic.

19. Which type of neuron transmits sensory information from receptors to the CNS?

Correct Answer: A) Afferent Neurons.

20. The 2 main branches of the nervous system are the

Correct Answer: A) Central & peripheral NS.