Nervous System Quiz 808 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which nerve is a sensory nerve that conducts impulses associated with the sense of vision?

Correct Answer: B) Optic (II).

2. Contains Thalamus and hypothalamus

Correct Answer: C) Diencephalon.

3. The gaps between Schwann cells found at regular intervals in the peripheral system neurons are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Nodes of Ranvier.

4. Miss Mee has skills in mathematics and physics. Shows which parts of the brain work well (M.O.53)

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

5. Tight coil of wrapped Schwann cell membranes that encloses the axon.

Correct Answer: A) Myelin sheath.

6. Coordinates our movements and the movement of our muscles. It permits us to walk, run and swim.

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum.

7. ..... firmly adheres to the convoluted surface of the brain.

Correct Answer: C) The pia mater.

8. What is correct order of an impulse?

Correct Answer: C) Dendrite$\rightarrow$ Cell Body $\rightarrow$ Axon $\rightarrow$ Synapse.

9. What are the branched extensions of a neuron that receive messages from other neurons called?

Correct Answer: C) Dendrites.

10. Problem solving

Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe.

11. NEUROGLIA

Correct Answer: B) Responsible for maintaining homeostatic control and immune surveillance in the nervous system.

12. Facial expression

Correct Answer: C) Facial.

13. This type of stroke is also referred to as a mini stroke

Correct Answer: B) Transient ischemic.

14. Division of the ANS that is fight or flight

Correct Answer: A) Sympathetic.

15. What structure controls behaviors (hunger, thirst, sleep, body temperature) through the release of hormones?

Correct Answer: D) Hypothalamus.

16. Cells that produce and circulate cerebrospinal fluid

Correct Answer: C) Ependymal cells.

17. Wheezing breath

Correct Answer: A) Wheezing.

18. Which division of the nervous system sends signals TO the CNS?

Correct Answer: A) Sensory (Afferent).

19. Which structure would you not find around a hair within the skin

Correct Answer: B) Root.

20. What are the 2 divisions of the efferent peripheral nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Somatic and autonomic.