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Nervous System Review
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1) What is the communication and coordination system of the body?
A
The autonomic nervous system
B
The somatic nervous system
C
The central nervous system
D
The peripheral nervous system
2) What carries impulses away from the cell body?
A
Myelin sheath
B
An axon
C
A dendrite
D
Synapse
3) What is the fatty substance that protects an axon?
A
Neuron
B
Dendrite
C
Myelin sheath
D
Synapse
4) What is the space between neurons where messages go from one cell to another ?
A
Myelin sheath
B
Synapse
C
A dendrite
D
An axon
5) What type of neurons carry impulses to the spinal cord and brain?
A
Associative neurons
B
Motor (efferent) neurons
C
Sensory (afferent) neurons
6) What kind of neurons carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands ?
A
Associative neurons
B
Sensory (afferent) neurons
C
Motor (efferent) neurons
7) What kind of neurons carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons?
A
Efferent neurons
B
Afferent neurons
C
Associative neurons
8) What are cells that insulate, support and protect the neurons called ? (Nerve glue)
A
Myelin sheath
B
Axons
C
Neuroglia
D
Neurilemma
9) What kind of nervous system is involuntary? Example: responses to an injury like shock and increased heart rate
A
Central nervous system
B
Peripheral nervous system
C
Somatic nervous system
D
Automatic nervous system
10) Cranial nerves and spinal nerves are a part of what nervous system
A
Peripheral nervous system
B
Autonomic nervous system
C
Somatic nervous system
D
Central nervous system
11) What nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves ?
A
Peripheral nervous system
B
Somatic nervous system
C
Central nervous system
D
Autonomic nervous system
12) What surround the brain and spinal cord
A
Axons
B
Neurons
C
Meninges
D
Cerebrospinal fluid
13) What is the outer brain covering, dense fibrous connective tissue
A
Subdural
B
Dura mater
C
Subarachnoid
D
Pia mater
14) What is filled with cerebrospinal fluid which acts as a liquid shock absorber ?
A
Subarachnoid
B
Subdural
C
Pia mater
D
Arachnoid
15) What is the innermost layer of the meninges ?
A
Arachnoid
B
Pia mater
C
Subdural
D
Dura mater
16) What are the four cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid called ?
A
Cerebral ventricles
B
Cerebrum
C
Meninges
17) What is the network of blood vessels lining the ventricles which help in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid ?
A
Lumbar puncture
B
Choroid plexus
C
Meninges
D
Blood-brain barrier
18) What is the largest part of the brain?
A
Cerebellum
B
Diencephalon
C
Limbic system
D
Cerebrum
19) What are elevated folds on the surface of the cerebrum?
A
Convolutions
B
Rugae
C
Fissures
20) What are the grooves separating the cerebral convolutions called ?
A
Fissures
B
Sulci
C
Corpus callosum
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