Nervous System Quiz 936 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Electrical impulses travel from a neuron to another along the .....

Correct Answer: A) Axon.

2. What do sense receptors do?

Correct Answer: A) Send information to your brain so your body can take in information and respond appropriately.

3. What is the relationship between the pupil and the iris?

Correct Answer: D) The iris changes the size of the pupil based on the light.

4. What part of the brain is responsible for fine movement coordination, balance and equilibrium, muscle tone, and sense of body positioning?

Correct Answer: A) The cerebellum.

5. ..... is the space between two neurons.

Correct Answer: B) Conclusion.

6. Medulla is shaped like a stem and lies below the cerebrum.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. What is the arrangement of Grey and White matter in brain?

Correct Answer: A) Outer grey and inner white matter.

8. Which helps to balance our body

Correct Answer: C) Cerebellum.

9. The organ that allows visual accomondation in the eye is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Lens.

10. Which level of the nervous system is responsible for voluntary reactions?

Correct Answer: A) Somatic Nervous System.

11. The neurons that carry signals from receptors to the spinal cord and brain are the ..... neurons.

Correct Answer: A) Sensory.

12. CSF containing waste products will be eliminated from the central nervous system circulation into

Correct Answer: C) Arachnoid villi.

13. Close your eyes

Correct Answer: B) Closed eyes.

14. What does the gut nervous system control?

Correct Answer: C) Defecation as part of digestion.

15. Which hemisphere of the cerebrum controls the emotion creativity and artistic abilities

Correct Answer: A) Right hemisphere.

16. When you enter a dark room, what does the pupil do

Correct Answer: A) Get larger.

17. Part of neuron; carries messages away from the cell body.

Correct Answer: D) Axon.

18. The myelin sheath is primarily composed of:

Correct Answer: C) Lipids.

19. Which lobe of the cerebrum is responsible for reasoning, personality, voluntary movement, speech, planning and decision making?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

20. This is when the neuron becomes too polarized.

Correct Answer: E) Hyperpolarization.