Nervous System Quiz 742 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. What does CN # 4 function to .....

Correct Answer: B) Move your eyes.

2. Automatic and quick Action is called

Correct Answer: A) Reflex Action.

3. What is the most common excitatory neuron in the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Glutamate.

4. A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.

Correct Answer: B) Neuron.

5. The area of the brain that regulates posture and balance is the

Correct Answer: B) Cerebellum.

6. Chemicals released into a cleft when an action potential reaches the terminal are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitters.

7. True or False:The brain is involved when you have a reflex response.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. What is agnosia?

Correct Answer: B) Difficulties identifying objects by touch.

9. All of the following are under the control of the autonomic nervous system, except which?

Correct Answer: A) Run.

10. What are the ridges on the cerebrum called?

Correct Answer: A) Gyri.

11. Which part of the brain is located at the very back, above the cerebellum?

Correct Answer: A) Occipital Lobe.

12. Hyperopia means

Correct Answer: B) Farsightedness.

13. Are tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place.

Correct Answer: A) Alveoli.

14. This procedure is preformed to remove cerebral spinal fluid for diagnostic purposes?

Correct Answer: A) Lumbar puncture.

15. Afferent and Efferent have somatic branches only (T/F)?

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. Part of the brain that controls smelling perfume.

Correct Answer: D) Cerebrum.

17. A ..... causes and organism to react. The reaction is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Stimulus, response.

18. A spinal cord injury may block all information to and from the

Correct Answer: C) Brain.

19. Saving information for later

Correct Answer: A) Memory.

20. As sodium ions rush into the neuron, the neuron is

Correct Answer: A) Depolarized.