Nervous System Test

The bacterial infection known as "pinkeye" is caused by irritation of the :

• choroid

• conjunctiva

• cornea

• retina

• sclera

Parkinson's disease results form a disorder in the:

• frontal lobe

• parietal lobe

• temporal lobe

• basal ganglia

• ventricles

An ear infection that follows a cold has passed from the throat through the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) to the:

• eardrum

• semicircular canals

• inner ear

• middle ear

• outer ear

Which of the following is not part of the inner ear?

• cochlea

• vestibule

• semicircular canals

• ossicles

• membranous labyrinth

Afferent nerves are also called:

• motor nerves

• efferent nerves

• mixed nerves

• sensory nerves

• cranial nerves

The portion of the bony labyrinth responsible for our sence of static equilibrium is the:

• vestibule

• organ of corti

• cochlea

• oval window

• ossicles

The olfactory recptors are examples of:

• thermoreceptors

• mechanoreceptors

• chemoreceptors

• proprioceptors

• gustatory receptors

Collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system are called:

• nuclei

• nerves

• ganglia

• tracts

• neuroglia

The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are subdivisions of the:

• central nervous system

• voluntary nervous system

• autonomic nervous system

• somatic nervous system

• peripheral nervous system

Mylein is defined as:

• an outer membrane on a neuroglial cell

• a lipid-protein (lipoprotein) cell membrane on the ouside of axons

• a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the cell body of a neuron

• a mass of white lipid material that insulates the axon of a neuron

• a mass of white lipid material that surrounds the dendrites of a neuron