Nervous System Quiz 705 (20 MCQs)

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1. Negative Feedback Loops:

Correct Answer: B) Prevent small changes from getting larger.

2. A conduction process in myelinated axons where the electrical signal appears to jump from gap to gap along the axon is a

Correct Answer: A) Saltatory conduction.

3. The ear has ..... parts

Correct Answer: B) 5.

4. What is the function of motor neurons in the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

Correct Answer: B) They carry processed information from the CNS to muscles or internal organs.

5. What are the 2 types of neuroglia cells found in the PNS are Satellite Cells and Schwann Cells (T/F?

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Where is the smallest bone in our body?

Correct Answer: C) Ear.

7. Condition of eyesight that changes focal length in reading distances. This tends to onset in mid-adulthood individuals.

Correct Answer: B) Presbyopia.

8. The part of the cerebrum that receives impulses from the body's sensory receptors.

Correct Answer: D) Primary somatic sensory area.

9. What are the two systems of the autonomic nervous system

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic/parasympathetic.

10. The ..... lobe houses memories, emotions, and language

Correct Answer: A) Temporal.

11. The motor division of the PNS is also known as the

Correct Answer: B) Efferent division.

12. ..... receptors allow you to perceive smell and taste.

Correct Answer: C) Chemical.

13. What is the function of nose hairs?

Correct Answer: A) To trap dust.

14. What are the components of the autonomic nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.

15. Suffix that means pain or sensitivity

Correct Answer: A) -algesia.

16. When no longer in Fight or Flight mode, pupils constriction is activated by the;

Correct Answer: A) Parasympathetic NS.

17. Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Gyri.

18. What is the term for the procedure involving a circular cut in the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial pressure?

Correct Answer: A) Trephination.

19. Which lobe of the brain is Wernicke's area located?

Correct Answer: D) Temporal.

20. Which part of a neuron receives neurotransmitters from the synapse?

Correct Answer: C) Dendrite.