Nervous System Quiz 73 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which statement about the PNS (peripheral nervous system) is incorrect

Correct Answer: A) Contains the brain and spinal cord.

2. Neurons typically have .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

3. Condition in which blood is trapped in the tissues of the brain

Correct Answer: C) Cerebral hematoma.

4. A CHEMICAL produced by neurons that carries messages to other neurons

Correct Answer: B) Neurotransmitter.

5. In which lobe of the brain is Broca's area located?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

6. Reaction to a stimulus.

Correct Answer: A) Response.

7. Action under the control of spinal cord.

Correct Answer: B) Reflex action.

8. Line the inside of ventricles and cover choroid plexuses within the ventricles

Correct Answer: D) Ependymal.

9. Defect in the shape of the eye

Correct Answer: C) Astigmatism.

10. Cerebell/o

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

11. The nervous system consist of specialized cells called?

Correct Answer: A) Neurons.

12. The afferent division of the nervous system is also known as the ..... division.

Correct Answer: B) Sensory.

13. -algia

Correct Answer: C) Painful.

14. We use this organ to smell things.

Correct Answer: B) Nose.

15. The autonomic nervous system has ..... neurons between brain or spinal cord and the target

Correct Answer: C) 3.

16. What two components make up the central nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Brain/Spinal Cord.

17. Which part of the brain controls the heartbeat and breathing?

Correct Answer: B) Medulla oblongata.

18. The general name for the group of chemicals that transport messages from one neuron to another.

Correct Answer: A) Neurotransmitters.

19. I/o

Correct Answer: D) To bounce, sound.

20. Part of the brain in the region of the third ventricle that includes the thalamus and hypothalamus

Correct Answer: A) Diencephalons.