Nervous System Quiz 795 (20 MCQs)

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1. In what order does an impulse travel through parts of a neuron? Think about what each part of the neuron does.

Correct Answer: A) Axon $\rightarrow$ synapse $\rightarrow$ dendrite $\rightarrow$ cell body.

2. Outermost layer of the cerebrum Composed of gray matter and Responsible for thinking and processing information from the five senses

Correct Answer: C) Cerebral cortex.

3. Sensory information, except for smell, is processed in the hypothalamus first.(Sousa, 2017 p.18)

Correct Answer: B) False.

4. What is the largest nerve that extends from the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: C) Sciatic.

5. Region of the sharpest vision

Correct Answer: D) Central pit.

6. You turn off the lights to go to bed. What happens to your pupils?

Correct Answer: B) The pupils dilate.

7. TRUE OR FALSE:Neurotransmitters are chemicals that carry messages between neurons through synapses.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Fill in the blank Electrically excitable cells that takes up, processes and transmits information through ..... signals

Correct Answer: B) Electrical and chemical.

9. What opens the Calcium Ion Transport Channel embedded in the pre-synaptic terminal?

Correct Answer: C) An Action Potential.

10. It is the analysis and interpretation of the sensory signals and the formulation of appropriate responses.

Correct Answer: B) Integration.

11. What part of the ear is #2 pointing to?

Correct Answer: C) Semicircular Canals.

12. Humans have ..... bones in their bodies, on average.

Correct Answer: C) 206.

13. Choose the correct order below. (small to big)

Correct Answer: C) Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism.

14. The nerves that carry messages from the sense organs to the brain or the spinal cord

Correct Answer: A) Sensory nerves.

15. Which of these are all voluntary movements.

Correct Answer: B) Eating, Running, Singing.

16. Which is not a function of the meninges?

Correct Answer: B) Nourish the brain.

17. All of the following are types of nerves except:

Correct Answer: D) Interneuron.

18. Where nerve information is passed from one neuron to another

Correct Answer: C) Conclusion.

19. What is gulliain-barre syndrome

Correct Answer: B) Rapid onset weakness caused by an auto-immune attack on PNS.

20. -leptic

Correct Answer: C) To seize, take hold of.