Nervous System Quiz 960 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Neurons that transmit action potentials from CNS to effector organs.

Correct Answer: B) Efferent neurons.

2. Early symptoms of Alzheimer's may include:

Correct Answer: B) Difficulty with routine tasks.

3. What gets information from the environment?

Correct Answer: B) The nervous system.

4. What is known as the brain's switchboard?

Correct Answer: C) Thalamus.

5. Flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at joints is called

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

6. Exercise, emotions, embarrassment

Correct Answer: B) Sympathetic.

7. What M&M color is the rarest

Correct Answer: C) Brown.

8. Mature bone cells are:

Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes.

9. When a neuron reaches threshold stimulus, it fire completely. This is called

Correct Answer: B) All or none law.

10. Which best describes the function of the eyes?

Correct Answer: A) To detect external stimuli.

11. Contus/o

Correct Answer: B) To bruise.

12. Which letter is pointing to the axon?

Correct Answer: C) C.

13. A temporary loss of consciousness due to inadequate blood flow to the brain; fainting

Correct Answer: A) Syncope.

14. ..... conduction results in significantly faster impulse transmission.

Correct Answer: C) Saltatory.

15. These neurons relay impulses from the CNS to muscles and glands.

Correct Answer: A) Motor neurons.

16. A bipolar neuron has two axons and one dendrite.

Correct Answer: B) False.

17. Neurons that only have on process?

Correct Answer: C) Unipolar.

18. Another name for eardrum is what

Correct Answer: B) Tympanic membrane.

19. What lymphocytes are present in nodes?

Correct Answer: A) T and b.

20. The neural pathway in this diagram show:

Correct Answer: B) How information is sent from your eyes to be interpreted by your brain.