Nervous System Quiz 88 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... are the messengers of our body.

Correct Answer: A) Nerves.

2. The point at which an impulse from one nerve cell is communicated to another cell is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Conclusion.

3. What are the senses that the nervous system receives messages from? (mark all that apply)

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

4. What type of neuroglia cell is found in the CNS and provides multiple layers of myelin sheaths?

Correct Answer: B) Oligodendrocytes.

5. The (a) part of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for the fight or flight response

Correct Answer: A) A sympathetic.

6. Part of the brain that is responsible for all things homeostasis-thirst, hunger, blood pressure, body temperature, and glandular secretions

Correct Answer: A) Hypothalamus.

7. Neurons can be classified into ..... types according to the direction in which an impulse travels

Correct Answer: A) Three.

8. Mark the following statement if it is part of the PNS or CNS.acts as the control center for your body

Correct Answer: B) Central Nervous System.

9. Which is flexible

Correct Answer: A) Spine.

10. Once the impulse "jumps" across the synapse through a neurotransmitter, to the dendrite of the next neuron ..... What happens next?

Correct Answer: D) The impulse continues to travel through the interneurons to the brain. (For a reflex, it just goes to the spinal cord.).

11. These nerves arise from the brainstem:

Correct Answer: B) Cranial Nerves.

12. The nerves that are found outside the brain and spinal cord are a part of the

Correct Answer: B) Peripheral Nervous System.

13. What does the brain stem connect?

Correct Answer: B) The brain and the spinal cord.

14. Which among cranial nerves are mixed nerves that supply parasympathetic to viscera of thorax and abdomen?

Correct Answer: A) Vagus Nerves.

15. The brain controls the reflex actions .....

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. Shallow grooves of the cerebrum are called

Correct Answer: A) Sulcus.

17. What part of Einstein's brain was larger than normal people?

Correct Answer: A) Parietal.

18. All nerves are really small.

Correct Answer: B) False.

19. The space between the two labyrinths is filled with ..... While the membranous labyrinth is filled with .....

Correct Answer: B) Perilymph; endolymph.

20. What is the brain?

Correct Answer: A) A soft, spongy mass of tissue.