Nervous System Quiz 968 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ton/o

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

2. What 3 parts make up the nervous system?

Correct Answer: A) Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

3. What region of a neuron transmits input from soma to other cells?

Correct Answer: C) Axons.

4. What are the two main departments of the nervous system?

Correct Answer: B) Central and peripheral.

5. Controls neurotransmitters that influence motivation, short term memory, attention, and planning

Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe.

6. Controls hunger, thirst, emotions, body temperature regulation, and circadian rhythms.

Correct Answer: C) Hypothalamus.

7. Children

Correct Answer: A) Children.

8. The largest portion of our brain is the

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.

9. The part of the hindbrain that is responsible for balance is the

Correct Answer: A) Cerebellum.

10. This is used for horizontal movement of the head, as in acceleration in a car.

Correct Answer: B) Utricle.

11. Which of the following is a functional disorder?

Correct Answer: A) Epilepsy.

12. The FRONTAL LOBE is helpful for COORDINATION and BALANCE.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. In the central nervous system myelinatedfibres form the white matter.

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. Which of the two systems is responsible for bringing your system levels to normal?

Correct Answer: B) Parasympathetic Nervous System.

15. ..... separates the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres.

Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal fissure.

16. The neurotransmitter that is directly involved with the reward pathway is

Correct Answer: C) Dopamine.

17. Which of the following is the correct order (pathway for pain)?

Correct Answer: C) Unipolar neuron-spinal cord-medulla oblongata-pons-midbrain-thalamus-parietal lobe.

18. Which part of the body is responsible for processing electrochemical signals?

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

19. Saltatory conduction is

Correct Answer: B) The propagation of action potentials along myelinated axons from one node of Ranvier to the next node.

20. What does the temporal lobe do and interpret?

Correct Answer: B) Speech interpretation and hearing. Plays small role in memory.