Nervous System Quiz

What is the function of the central nervous system?

• Relays messages, processes information, and analyzes information

• Transmits impulses from organs to the central nervous system

• Coordinates muscle actions

• Regulates activities that are under conscious control

Which lobe of the brain is involved in short-term memory and speech?

• Frontal lobe

• Parietal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Temporal lobe

What is the function of the cerebellum?

• Controls blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and swallowing

• Coordinates muscle actions

• Processes information about body position

• Responsible for voluntary, or conscious activities of the body

Which division of the peripheral nervous system transmits impulses from the central nervous system to the muscles or glands?

• Sensory division

• Motor division

• Somatic Nervous System

• Autonomic Nervous System

What is the function of the thalamus?

• Controls hunger, thirst, fatigue, anger, and body temperature

• Regulates the flow of information between the brain and the rest of the body

• Receives information from all the sensory receptors from the body & then relays the information to the correct area of the cerebrum

• Coordinates the nervous and endocrine systems

Which part of the neuron carries impulses away from the cell body?

• Cell body

• Myelin sheath

• Dendrites

• Axon

What is the function of the occipital lobe?

• Involved with vision

• Involved in short-term memory, speech, musical rhythm

• Helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships

• Involved in personality characteristics, decision-making and movement

What is the role of the myelin sheath in a neuron?

• Connects the cerebral cortex to the brain stem

• Speeds up transmission of action potential and insulates the axon

• connects the brain to the spine

• Processes information from sense organs & controls body movements

Which division of the autonomic nervous system is responsible for increasing heart rate?

• Sensory division

• Motor division

• Sympathetic nervous system

• Parasympathetic nervous system

What is the function of the brain stem?

• Coordinates muscle actions

• Regulates the flow of information between the brain and the rest of the body

• Controls many basic body functions

• Connects the brain and the spinal cord