Picard's Nervous System Quiz

What is a Neuron?

• A cell

• A transmitter to transmit messages to cells

• A receiver for information

• a gland

What is the largest part of the brain?

• Brain stem

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Dura mater

What does the axon carry?

• Impulses away from the cell body

• Impulses to the cell body

• chemicals

• messages

What do the motor neurons do?

• carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands

• carry impulses from skin and sends to organs the to spinal cord and brain

• carry impulses from sensory neurons to motor neurons

• store messages

What part of the brain is responsible for conscious thought, judgement, memory, reasoning and will power?

• Cerebellum

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebrum

• Thalamus

Which of the following is NOT part of a neuron?

• dendrite
• axon
• myelin sheath
• medulla oblongata

What is the central nervous system made up of?

• brain and spinal cord
• cranial and spinal nerves
• sensory and motor systems
• sympathetic and parasympathetic systems

What is the main function of the cerebellum?

• Consciousness
• sensory reception
• homeostatsis
• muscle coordination

What is responsible for heartbeat, breathing, and blood pressure?

• midbrain
• pons
• medulla oblongata
• cerebrum

Which neurons carry messages from the brain to the body?

• sensory neuron
• motor neuron
• interneuron
• afferent